Between ‘Early’ and ‘Late’ Iron Age in south-eastern Iran: notes on the possibility to evaluate the ‘Achaemenid impact’ on the area

The paper explores the possibility to evaluate the intensity of an alleged ‘Achaemenid impact’ on South-eastern Iran in the light of researches on local material culture and settlement pattern. The focus of the paper is mainly represented by areas in Kerman Province and in Sistan (Sistan and Baluchestan Province) by virtue of a greater amount of information at disposal for these territories.