Persepolis

1 - Acknowledgements [Seite 8]
2 - List of figures and plates [Seite 12]
3 - Bibliographic abbreviations [Seite 20]
4 - Foreword by David Stronach [Seite 22]
5 - Introduction [Seite 28]
6 - I. Persepolis: A survey of the site, its chronology and function [Seite 34]
6.1 - The name [Seite 34]
6.2 - The city [Seite 35]
6.3 - The constructions on the Terrace [Seite 41]
6.4 - The constructions outside the Terrace [Seite 51]
6.5 - Problems of chronology [Seite 66]
6.6 - The architectural history [Seite 74]
6.7 - Function and other related problems [Seite 76]
7 - II. Persepolis in Flames [Seite 82]
7.1 - Textual evidence [Seite 82]
7.2 - Archaeological evidence [Seite 85]
7.3 - The burning of Persepolis: Facts, interpretations, and speculations [Seite 88]
7.4 - Subsequent destructions of Persepolis [Seite 95]
8 - III. From Parsa to Sad-Sotun: The Afterlife of Persepolis Begins [Seite 98]
8.1 - Persepolis in the "dark age" of Fars [Seite 98]
9 - IV. Takht-e Jamshid: The Transformation of a Historical Site into a Mythical Symbol [Seite 108]
10 - V. In search of Persepolis: Western travellers' explorations in Persia [Seite 120]
10.1 - Early journeys to the ruins of Chelmenar [Seite 120]
10.2 - The travellers of the Enlightenment [Seite 126]
10.3 - VI Persepolis and the puzzle of the cuneiform inscriptions [Seite 138]
10.4 - The query about the inscriptions at Chelmenar: Chardin and the Royal Society of England [Seite 138]
10.5 - Niebuhr's copies in Europe [Seite 142]
10.6 - Grotefend and the decipherment of the Persepolitan scripts [Seite 145]
11 - VII. The Nineteenth century and the emergence of archaeology [Seite 148]
11.1 - The hunt for knowledge and antiquities: British diplomats in quest of sculptures [Seite 148]
11.2 - Ker Porter, the romantic traveller [Seite 152]
11.3 - Other travellers' explorations of Persepolis in early Qajar Iran [Seite 156]
11.4 - Illustrating Persepolis [Seite 158]
11.5 - Photographing Persepolis [Seite 162]
11.6 - Curzon and the first modern description of the ruins [Seite 171]
11.7 - Weld-Blundell's exploration [Seite 174]
12 - VIII. Persepolis at the Dawn of Scientific Archaeology in Iran [Seite 180]
12.1 - Early steps in the archaeology of Iran: An overview [Seite 180]
12.2 - Persepolis in the early twentieth century [Seite 181]
12.3 - Erich Schmidt and the excavations at Persepolis (1935-1939) [Seite 209]
13 - IX. Forty Years of Research and Restoration at Takht-e Jamshid: 1939-1979 [Seite 218]
13.1 - Krefter and the model of Persepolis [Seite 224]
13.2 - Italian Restoration work and other surface studies at Persepolis 1964-1978 [Seite 227]
13.3 - Tadjvidi and the excavation of the City of Parsa [Seite 231]
14 - Afterword [Seite 240]
15 - Bibliography [Seite 246]
16 - Index [Seite 258]
17 - Plates [Seite 264]