A Historical Study of the Petroglyphs of Negaran Valley in Nahuk, Saravan

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Faculty Member, Department of History, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Velayat University

2 Master of persian language and literature

Abstract

Engravings over stone crafts reflect the first thoughts and ideas of mankind. They are about historical, social, and natural issues and are available all over the world, including Balouchestan. The aim of this analytic- descriptive paper is to study stone engravings in Nahook Negaran valley in Saravan. The result was that the stone engravings of the area are depicted with animal, human, mankind, plant, and tool images which reveal that in the past tribes who raised cattles lived in the Negaran valley.

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