Abstract
ABSTRACT This article presents the discovery and mapping of a large, previously unknown dastgerd, or agricultural estate, in the Mohammadabad-Baghdasht Plain, southern Pars, Iran. The study integrated remote sensing of historical aerial photographs from 1966, Google Earth satellite imagery, drone photographs, and intensive landscape archaeological survey datasets. The preliminary field results show that this dastgerd, established during the Sasanian period (a.d. 224–651) and used through various post-Sasanian eras, features multiple garden layouts. The most prominent is the fourfold garden, or chaharbagh, with a central square or pool crossed by axial water canals or walkways. Additional designs include square and rectangular layouts with integrated walkways, canals, and pools. Irrigation was managed through the kariz (qanat) system and the Shur-e Jereh River. The discovery of two new gardens in this dastgerd, together with other previously identified large agricultural estates and their extensive gardens in Chaharbazar and Bozpar, broadens our understanding of ancient Persian gardens, their designs, and water management systems in the core of the Sasanian homeland.
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