Bam and its Cultural Landscape
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Location
Kerman Province

Country
Iran

Year of Research
2004

Culture
  • It is situated in a desert environment on the southern edge of the Iranian high plateau.

  • The origins of Bam can be traced back to the Achaemenid period from 6th to 4th centuries BC.

  • From the 7th to 11th centuries, its heyday was being at the crossroads of important trade routes.It is famous for the production of silk and cotton garments.

  • The existence of life in the oasis was based on the underground irrigation canals, the qanāts, of which Bam has conserved some of the earliest evidence in Iran.

  • Arg-e Bam is the best example of a fortified medieval town constructed in vernacular technique.It used mud layers (Chineh)for construction.