Newly-found Evidence of Sasanian Simple Pit Burial at Qaleh Iraj, Pishva, Iran

摘要: Some of these traditions include towers of silence (Dakhma) and ossuaries (astōdān), coffin burial, jar burial, and simple pit burial (Farjamirad 2015: 25-32; Huff 2004: 593-630; Trumpelmann 1984: 317-329). Among the mentioned traditions, simple pit burials are the most challenging, given the fact that they apparently stand against Zoroastrian teachings. In Wīdēwdād (a collection of texts within the greater compendium of the Avesta), there is widespread