Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi

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Sadegh Malek Shahmirzadi (Persian: صادق ملک شهميرزادی) (born in April 24, 1940) is an Iranian archaeologist and anthropologist. In 1964 he finished his BA in archaeology at the University of Tehran. He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. After returning to Iran in 1970, he started teaching at the University of Tehran. Four years later, with a fellowship from the Ministry of Higher Education and Tehran University, he studied Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and obtained his Ph.D. in Prehistoric Anthropology in 1977. He is the author of over 60 research articles and books.

[edit] Books (partial list)

• 1978, Introduction to Sociology (in Persian).
• 1994, Fundamental of Archaeology, Prehistoric Iran, Prehistoric Mesopotamia and Art and Archeology of Ancient Egypt (in Persian).
• 1996, English for Student of Archeology.
• 1996, Dictionary of Archaeology English-Persian-Persian-English. (ISBN 964-01-0844-8)
• 1996, Iranian Houses.
• 1998, History of Early Iran (in Persian); co-authors with Dr. M. Haririan, Dr. J. Amoozgar, and N. Mirsaidi. (Fifth printing 2006).
• 1999, Prehistoric Iran; Iran From The Earliest Times to the Dawn of Urbanism.
• 2000, Agh Tepe; co-author with Jebraeil Nokandeh.
• 2004, The Silversmiths of Sialk (in Persian). (ISBN 9647483872)
• 2006, Sialk, The Oldest Fortified Village of Iran; Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, Tehran, Iran.