Dr. Mohsen Zeidi

Archaeology of the Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene in Iran and the Near East, Lithic Technology

• (2023) Archaeological Excavation at Vogelherd cave, southwest Germany. (Assistant director and Field director)
• (2022) Archaeological Excavation at Vogelherd cave, southwest Germany. (Assistant director and Field director)
• (2021) Archaeological Excavation at Qadi Barmshour, Iran (Co-director)
• (2021) Archaeological Excavation at Kälbermahdhalde, southwest Germany. (Assistant Director and Field director)
• (2020) Archaeological Excavations at Magdalenian Rock shelter Langmahdhalde, Southwest Germany. Assistant Director and Field Director.
• (2019) Archaeological Excavations at Magdalenian Rock shelter Langmahdhalde, Southwest Germany. Assistant Director and Field Director.
• (2018) Archaeological Excavations at Magdalenian Rock shelter Langmahdhalde, Southwest Germany. Assistant Director and Field Director.
• (2018) Archaeological Excavations at Sibudu Rock shelter, South Africa. Team member and Area Supervisor.
• (2017) Archaeological Excavations at Magdalenian Rock shelter Langmahdhalde, Southwest Germany. Assistant Director and Field Director.
• (2017) Archaeological Excavations at Ghar-e Boof, Fars Province, Southern Iran. Iranian Director.
• (2017) Archaeological Excavations at Sibudu Rock shelter, South Africa. Team member and Area Supervisor.
• (2016) Archaeological Excavations at Magdalenian Rock shelter Langmahdhalde, Southwest Germany. Assistant Director and Field Director.
• (2016) Archaeological Excavations at Sibudu Rock shelter, South Africa. Team Member and Area Supervisor.
• (2015) Archaeological Excavations at Ghar-e Boof, Iran, Fars Province, Southern Iran. Iranian Director.
• (2015) Archaeological Excavations at Wolftalhöhle, Southwest Germany. Assistant Director and Field Director.
• (2014) Archaeological Excavations at Fetzershaldenhöhle, Southwest Germany. Assistant Director and Field Director.
• (2014) Archaeological Excavations at Sibudu Rock shelter, South Africa. Team Member and Area Supervisor.
• (2013) Archaeological Excavations in Lindenhöhle and Fetzershaldenhöhle, Southwest Germany. Assistant Director and Field Director.
• (2013) Archaeological Excavations at Sibudu Rock shelter, South Africa. Team Member and Area Supervisor.
• (2012) Archaeological Excavations at Vogelherd Cave, Southwest Germany. Assistant Director and Field Director.
• (2012) Archaeological Excavations at Sibudu Rock shelter, South Africa. Team Member and Area Supervisor.
• (2011) Archaeological Excavations at Vogelherd Cave, Southwest Germany. Assistant Director and Field Director.
• (2010) Archaeological Excavation at Chogha Golan, Ilam Province, Western Iran. Iranian Director.
• (2010) Archaeological excavations at Hohle Fels Cave, Southwest Germany. Lab work Supervisor.
• (2010) Archaeological Excavations at Vogelherd Cave, Southwest Germany. Assistant Director and Field Director.
• (2009) Archaeological Excavation at Chogha Golan, Ilam Province, Western Iran. Iranian Director.
• (2009) Archaeological excavations at Hohle Fels Cave, Southwest Germany. Lab work Supervisor.
• (2009) Archaeological Excavations at Vogelherd Cave, Southwest Germany. Team Member.
• (2009) Archaeological Excavations at East Chia Sabz, Seymareh Valley, Lorestan Province, Iran. The representative of Tübingen University for two weeks in April.
• (2008) Paleolithic Survey of Kazerun and Marvdasht Plains, Southern Zagros Mountains, Iran. Director.
• (2008) Archaeological Excavations at Schöningen, North Germany. Team Member.
• (2008) Archaeological excavations at Hohle Fels Cave, Southwest Germany. Lab work Supervisor.
• (2008) Archaeological Excavations at Vogelherd Cave, Southwest Germany. Team Member.
• (2007) Archaeological Excavations at Hohle Fels Cave, Southwest Germany. Team Member.
• (2007) Archaeological Excavations at Vogelherd Cave, Southwest Germany. Team Member.
• (2007) Joint Archaeological Excavation of Iran-France at Garmrud 2, Amol, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Iranian Director.
• (2007) Joint Archaeological Excavation of Iranian Center for Archaeological Research and the University of Tubingen at Ghar-e Boof, Rostam County, Fars Province, Iran. Iranian Director.
• (2007) Archaeological Survey of Fereydun Shahr County, Esfahan Province, Iran. Director.
• (2007) Joint Archaeological Survey of Iranian Center for Archaeological Research and the University of Tsukuba in the Bolaghi valley and Pasargadae Plain, Fars province, Iran. Iranian Director.
• (2006) Joint Archaeological Survey of Iranian Center for Archaeological Research and Novosibirsk Institute of Russia in the southern coasts of Caspian Sea, Iran. Iranian Director.
• (2006) Joint Archaeological Excavations of Iranian Center for Archaeological Research and the University of Tsukuba at TB75 in the Bolaghi Valley, Fars province, Iran. Iranian Director.
• (2006) Joint Archaeological Excavation of Iranian Center for Archaeological Research and the University of Tubingen at Ghar-e Boof, Rostam County, Fars province, Iran. Iranian Director.
• (2006) Archaeological Survey of Behbahan, Khuzestan Province, Iran. Team Member.
• (2005) Archaeological Excavations at Tappeh Sialk (North), Esfahan Province, Iran. Area Supervisor.
• (2005) Joint Archaeological Excavation of Iranian Center for Archaeological Research and the University of Bochum, at Old Copper Mines of Veshnoveh, Qom Province, Iran. Team Member.
• (2005) Joint Paleolithic Survey of Iranian Center for Archaeological Research and the University of Tubingen in the Provinces of Esfahan, Fars and Kohgiluye va Boyerahmad, Iran. Iranian Director.
• (2005) Joint Archaeological Excavations of Iranian Center for Archaeological Research and the University of Tsukuba at TB75 and TB130 in the Bolaghi Valley, Fars province, Iran. Iranian Director.
• (2004) Test Excavation of Malek Mosque, Kerman Province, Iran. Director.
• (2004) Archaeological Survey in Somehsara, Gilan Province, Iran. Director.
• (2004) Joint Archaeological Excavations of Iranian Center for Archaeological Research and the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago at Tal-e Jari A and B, Fars Province, Iran. Area Supervisor.
• (2004) Joint Expedition of Iranian Center for Archaeological Research and the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago to survey of Tappeh Beladieh and Chogha Dosar, Khuzestan Province, Iran. Surveyor.
• (2004) Archaeological Excavation at Kultarikeh Cemetery, Kurdistan Province, Iran. Team Member.
• (2004) Archaeological Survey of Qazvin Plain, Qazvin Province, Iran. Surveyor.
• (2003) Archaeological Survey of Mehran and Dehluran, Ilam Province, Iran. Director.
• (2003) Joint Archaeological Excavation of Iranian Center for Archaeological Research and the University of Sydney at Tol-e Nnurabad, Fars Province, Iran. Area Supervisor.
• (2003) Joint Archaeological Survey of Iranian Center for Archaeological Research and the University of Sydney in the Rostam Plains, Rostam County, Fars province, Iran. Team Member.
• (2002) Archaeological Survey of Tappeh Qabrestan, Qazvin Province, Iran. Surveyor.
• (2002) Joint Archaeological Excavation of Iranian Center for Archaeological Research and the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago at Bard-e Karegar and Darkhazineh, Khuzestan Province, Iran. Area Supervisor.
• (2002) Archaeological Excavation of Prehistoric Sites in Mianab Plain, Khuzestan Province, Iran. Team Member and Area Supervisor.
• (2002) Archaeological Survey of Mianab Plain, Khuzestan Province, Iran. Team Member.
• (2001) Systematic Archaeological Survey of Tomb-e Bot, Fars Province, Iran. Team Member.
• (2001) Archaeological Excavation of Sorkhdom-e Laki, Lorestan Province, Iran. Area Supervisor.
• (2000) Archaeological Excavation of Tappeh Ebrahimabad, Qazvin Province, Iran. Team Member.

• (2011) Prehistory at the crossroads of Science and Conservation, Erasmus Intensive Program, June 18 – July 2nd, Quinson, Alpes de Haute Provence, France.
• (2011) Technologie de la Pierre Tailleee Prehistorique: Methodologie et initiation pratique qui s’est déroulé au Château de Campagne, 21- 29 septembre, Dordogne, France.

• Archaeological excavation and survey
• Lithic and ceramic illustration
• GIS  (ArcGIS, QGIS, Global Mapper, Surfer)
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe illustration
• Microsoft Office

• (2008) A. Tsuneki, M. Zeidi (eds.), Tang-e Bolaghi, The Iran-Japan Archaeological Project for the Sivand Dam Salvage Area. Department of Archaeology, History, and Anthropolo

• (2011) V. Jahani, M. Zeidi. Archaeology of Somehsara (Introduction of cultural and historical monuments of Somehsara). Gilan CHTHO and Somehsara governorship, Bolour press, Rasht.

• (2019) Zeidi, M., Conard, N.J. Report on the fourth season of excavation at Ghar-e Boof in Rostam County, Fars Province. In: Shirazi, R.A. (ed.), 16th Annual Symposium of the Iranian Archaeology. Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, Tehran, pp. 234-238.
• (2017) M. Zeidi, Nicholas, J. Conard. Archaeological Excavation of Ghar-e Boof in Rostam County, Fars Province (Third season, 2015). In: H. Choubak, M. Malekzadeh (eds.), Proceedings of the 15th Annual Symposium on the Iranian Archaeology. RICHT, Tehran, pp. 259-264.
• (2017) M. Zeidi. Newly discovered 5th Millennium BC Sites in the Bolaghi Valley and Pasargad Plain. In: M. H. Talebian and H. Fadaei (eds.), Pasargadae 2: A Corpus of Research Articles of the archaeology, Restoration, Preservation, Architecture, Geology, Anthropology, and Tourism subjects of Pasargadae World Heritage Site. Pasargadae world heritage site & Bahar Book Publication, Tehran, 30-40.
• (2013) Anatoly Derevianko, Mohsen Zeidi, Anatoly Zenin, Sergey Gladyshev, Andrey Krivoshapkin. Preliminary Report on the Archaeological Survey of Russian-Iranian Archaeological Expedition on the Southern Coasts of the Mazandaran Sea, Iran. Iranian Archaeology, vol. 4, pp. 7-22.
• (2012) M. Zeidi. Report on the archaeological survey in Mehran and Boluk-e Anaran in Dehluran, Ilam Province. In: Namvarnameh: Papers in Honour of Massoud Azarnoush, H. Fahimi & K. Alizadeh (eds.), Tehran, 157-168.
• (2012) M. Zeidi. Gozareshe kavoshe boreshe laye negari dar borjake tape shomali Sialk. In: Malek Shahmirzadi, S. (ed.), The Villagers of Sialk, Reports of the Sialk Reconsideration Project, Tehran, 39-60.
• (2008) M. Zeidi. Settlement pattern and population fluctuation of Prehistoric to the Islamic period in the Kur River valleys, northwest of Fars province, Iran. Journal of Archaeology and History, Vol. 21(2); Vol.22 (1), pp. 5-31.
• (2007) Zeidi, M., Tsuneki, A. Joint Archaeological Excavations of Iran-Japan at Tang-e Bolaghi. Abstract in Symposium on the Latest Results of Archaeological Excavations at Tang-e Bolaghi. Tarbiat Modares University, 20 January 2007. Pp. 10-11. Iranian Center for Archaeological Research. Tehran.
• (2006) M. Zeidi. Report on the Archaeological survey in Somehsara, Gilan province. In: Journal of Gilehva.

• (2005) Description of the Archaeological sites in Mianab plain, Shushtar. In: Abbas Moghaddam (ed.), Archaeological survey in Mianab plain, Shushtar, pp. 37-105.
• (2005) Negin Miri, Mohsen Zeidi. Description and classification of prehistoric potteries in Mianab plain, Shushtar. In: Abbas Moghaddam (ed.), Archaeological survey in Mianab plain, Shushtar, pp. 109-114.
• (2005) Negin Miri, Mohsen Zeidi. Description of Uruk potteries (Susa II). In: Abbas Moghaddam (ed.), Archaeological survey in Mianab plain, Shushtar, pp. 115-120.
• (2005) Negin Miri, Mohsen Zeidi. Report on the test excavation in Tappeh Meshval III (ks1617). In: Abbas Moghaddam (ed.), Archaeological survey in Mianab plain, Shushtar, pp. 525-540.
• (2005) Negin Miri, Mohsen Zeidi. Report on the test excavation in Tappeh Abu Amud Nejat (ks1558). In: Abbas Moghaddam (ed.), Archaeological survey in Mianab plain, Shushtar, pp. 451-476.

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• (in press) Nicholas J. Conard, Christopher Miller, Simone, Riehl, Mohsen Zeidi. Testing the Paleolithic Harvesting Hypothesis at Ghar-e Boof with improved botanical recovery. In  Revisiting the Hilly Flanks: the Epipaleolithic and Neolithic periods in the eastern Fertile Crescent.
• (in press) M. Zeidi & Nicholas. J. Conard. The Earliest Neolithic Lithic Traditions: Evidence from Chogha Golan in the western foothills of the Zagros Mountains of Iran. In Revisiting the Hilly Flanks: the Epipaleolithic and Neolithic periods in the eastern Fertile Crescent.
• (in press) P. Khadish, S. Hamzavi Zarghani, M. Zeidi. Tepe Bahari: The first evidence of Aceramic Neolithic occupation in Kuhdasht County, Lorestan Province, Western Iran. Journal of Neo-lithisc. ex-oriente (Berlin).
• (in press) M. Zeidi, S. Hamzavi Zarghani, C. Barfi. Tepe Qaterchi: a New Aceramic Neolithic Site in Fars Province, Southern Zagros Mountains, Iran. Journal of Neo-lithics. ex-oriente (Berlin).
• (In press) Zeidi, M., & Hamzavi S. Zeidi and Hamzavi. The Human use of cave and Rock shelters in the Neolithic Period of southern Zagros Mountains, Iran. In Taheri, K. et al. (eds.), Caves and Kars Research in Iran. Springer Nature.
• (2022) Blanco, A., Mata-Gonzalez, M., Starkovich, B. M., Zeidi, M., Conard, N. J.  Late Pleistocene environments in the southern Zagros of Iran and their implications for human evolution. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 14 (161). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01615-1
• (2022) Mata-Gonzalez, M., Starkovich, B. M., Zeidi, M., Conard, N. J. New zooarchaeological perspectives on the early Upper Paleolithic Rostamian sequence of Ghar-e Boof (southern Zagros Mountains, Iran). Quaternary Science Reviews 279 (2022) 107350.
• (Submitted) Mohsen Zeidi, Saman Hamzavi Zarghani. The human use of cave and rock shelters in the Neolithic period of southern Zagros Mountains, Iran. In K. Taheri, C. Groves, Z. Mohammadi, F. Biglari, A. Sharifi, R. Khosh Raftar (eds.), Caves and Karst Research in Iran. Springer Nature.
• (2021) Anatoly Derevianko, Mohsen Zeidi, Anatoly Zenin, Sergey Gladyshev, Andrey Krivoshapkin.Preliminary Report on the 2006 Archaeological Survey of Russian-Iranian Archaeological Expedition in Southern Coast of the Caspian Sea. In Biglari, F., Shidrang, S., Mashkour, M. (eds.), The Pleistocene Archaeology of Zagros, and the Neighboring Regions. Springer Nature.
• (2021) Zeidi, M., Hamzavi, S., Conard, Nicholas, J. Report on the 2008 Survey of the Tübingen-Iranian Stone Age Research Project in the Kazerun and Marvdasht: In Biglari, F., Shidrang, S., Mashkour, M. (eds.), The Pleistocene Archaeology of Zagros, and the Neighboring Regions. Springer Nature.
• (2021) Maryam Heydari, Guillaume Guerin, Mohsen Zeidi, Nicholas J. Conard. Bayesian luminescence dating at Ghar-e Boof, Iran, provides a new chronology for the Middle and Upper Paleolithic in the southern Zagros. JHE 151. Doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102926
• (2021) Alexander Weide, Amaia Arranz‑Otaegui, Ann Frijda Schmidt, Hyunyoung Kim, Michael Charles, Mohsen Zeidi, Hojjat Darabi, Tobias Richter, Nicholas J. Conard. Identification of the Triticoid‑type grains (Poaceae) from archaeobotanical assemblages in southwest Asia as Heteranthelium piliferum (Banks & Sol.) Hochst. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. Doi: 10.1007/s00334-020-00822-x
• (2019) Nicholas J. Conard, Mohsen Zeidi. New Research on the Paleolithic Occupation of Ghar-e Boof, Fars Province. Archaeology No. 2, Spring 2019. Pp. 1-10.
• (2019) Viola C. Schmid, Guillaume Porraz, Mohsen Zeidi, Nicholas J. Conard. Blade technology characterizing the MIS 5 D-A layers of Sibudu Cave, South Africa. Lithic Technology 44: 199-236.
• (2018) Weide A, Riehl S, Zeidi M, Conard NJ. A systematic review of wild grass exploitation in relation to emerging cereal cultivation throughout the Epipaleolithic and aceramic Neolithic of the Fertile Crescent. PLoS ONE 13:e0189811. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.01898 11
• (2017) Weide A, Riehl S, Zeidi M, Conard NJ. Reconstructing subsistence practices: taphonomic constraints and the interpretation of wild plant remains at aceramic Neolithic Chogha Golan, Iran. Veget Hist Archaeobot 26: 487–504. Doi: 10.1007/s00334-017-0607-1
• (2017) Becerra-Valdivia, L., Douka, K., Comeskey, D., Bazgir, B., Conard, N.J., Marean, C.W., Olle, A., Otte, M., Tumung, L., Zeidi, M., Higham, T.F.G. Chronometric investigations of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in the Zagros Mountains using AMS radiocarbon dating and Bayesian age modeling. JHE. 109: 57-69.
• (2016) Britt, Starkovich, Simone Riehl, Mohsen Zeidi, Nicholas J. Conad. Subsistence Strategies in the Aceramic Neolithic at Chogha Golan, Iran. In: Bones and Identity: Zooarchaeological Approaches to Reconstructing Social and Cultural Landscapes in Southwest Asia, N. Marom, R. Yeshurun, L. Weissbrod, and G. Bar-Oz (eds.), pp. 45-71, Oxbow Books, Oxford, UK.
• (2016) Rasoul Seyedin Borujeni, Saman Hamzavi Zarghani & Mohsen Zeidi. Discovery of long-term occupation in the Saimarreh River Valley, western Iran (Report on the archaeological survey). In: Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, R. A. Stucky, O. Klein & H-P Mathys (eds.), Vol. 3 (Reports), pp. 379-391.
• (2016) S. Hamzavi & M. Zeidi. Tappeh Poustchi: A Prehistoric Site in Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran. In: The Neolithic of the Iranian Plateau (Recent Research), K. Roustaei & M. Maskour (eds.), Studies in Early Near Eastern Production, Subsistence, and Environment 18, pp. 227-240.
• (2016) M. Zeidi, S. Hamzavi, and N. J. Conard. Tang-e Khiareh: A New Discovered Neolithic Site in the Kur River Basin of Fars Province, Iran. In: The Neolithic of the Iranian Plateau (Recent Research), K. Roustaei & M. Mashkour (eds.), Studies in Early Near Eastern Production, Subsistence, and Environment 18, pp. 217-226.
• (2015) S. Riehl, E. Asouti, D. Karakaya, B. Starkovich, M. Zeidi, N.J. Conard. Resilience at the Transition to Agriculture: The Long-Term Landscape and Resource Development at the
• Aceramic Neolithic Tell Site of Chogha Golan (Iran), BioMed Research International, Article ID 532481, Doi: 10.1155/2015/532481.
• (2015) Alexander Weide, Simone Riehl, Mohsen Zeidi, Nicholas J. Conard. Using new morphological criteria to identify domesticated emmer wheat at the aceramic Neolithic site of Chogha Golan (Iran), Journal of Archaeological Science 57: 109-118.
• (2015) Jonathan A. Baines, Simone Riehl, Nicholas J. Conard, Mohsen Zeidi. Upper Palaeolithic archaeobotany of Ghar-e Boof cave, Iran: a case study in site disturbance and methodology, Journal of Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 7(2): 245-256.
• (2013) M. Zeidi & N. J. Conard. Chipped stone artifacts from the Aceramic Neolithic site of Chogha Golan, Ilam Province, western Iran. In: F. Borrell, J. J. Ibanez, M. Molist (eds.), pp. 315-326, Stone tools in transition: From Hunter-Gatherers to Farming Societies in the Near East. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.
• (2013) N. J. Conard & M. Zeidi. The ground stone tools from the Aceramic Neolithic site of Chogha Golan, Ilam Province, western Iran. In: F. Borrell, J. J. Ibanez, M. Molist (eds.), pp. 365-376, Stone tools in transition: From Hunter-Gatherers to Farming Societies in the Near East. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.
• (2013) Zeidi, M., S. Riehl, and N. J. Conard. Archaeobotanical Archiving, Reply to Golzari. Science 341: 840.
• (2013) Simone Riehl, Mohsen Zeidi & Nicholas J. Conard. The emergence of Agriculture in the Foothills of the Zagros Mountains of Iran. Science 341:65-67.
• (2013) Nicholas J. Conard, Simone Riehl, and Mohsen Zeidi. Revisiting Neolithisation in the Zagros Foothills; Excavation at Chogha Golan A PPN Site in the Foothills of the Zagros Mountains, Western Iran. In: R. Mathews and H. Fazeli, (eds.), pp. 76-83. The Neolithicisation of Iran: The Formation of New Societies. Oxbow Books, London.
• (2012) S. Riehl, M. Benz, N. J. Conard, H. Darabi, K. Deckers, H. Fazeli Nashli, M. Zeidi. Plant use in three Pre-Pottery Neolithic sites of the northern and eastern Fertile Crescent: a preliminary report. Journal of Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, vol. 21: 95-106.
• (2010) A. Asgari Chaverdi, A. Khosrowzadeh, B. McCall, C.A. Petrie, D. T. Potts, K. Roustaei, M. Seyedin, L.R. Weeks, and M. Zeidi. Archaeological evidence for Achaemenid settlement within the Mamasani Valleys, Western Fars, Iran. In: J. Curtis and S. Simpson (eds.), The World of Achaemenid Persia, History, Art and Society in Iran and the Ancient Near East, Proceedings of a Conference at the British Museum 2005, I. B. Tauris & Iran Heritage Foundation, London.
• (2009) Takuro Adachi and Mohsen Zeidi. Achaemenid and Post-Achaemenid Remains from TB 75. In: Boucharlat R. and Fazeli Nasli (eds.), Achaemenid Research on Texts and Archaeology (ARTA) 002: pp. 1-8.
• (2008) Akira Tsuneki and Mohsen Zeidi. Excavations at TB75 (Haji Bahrami Cave), In Tang-e Bolaghi, The Iran-Japan Archaeological Project for the Sivand Dam Salvage Area. A. Tsuneki, M. Zeidi (eds.). Department of Archaeology, History, and Anthropology, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba press. pp. 41-68.
• (2008) Akira Tsuneki and Mohsen Zeidi. Excavations at TB130. In: Tang-e Bolaghi, The Iran-Japan Archaeological Project for the Sivand Dam Salvage Area. A. Tsuneki, M. Zeidi (eds.). Department of Archaeology, History, and Anthropology, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba press. pp. 69-84.
• (2007) Conard, N. J., E. Ghasidian, S. Heydari, R. Naderi, and M. Zeidi. The 2006 Season of the Tübingen-Iranian Stone Age Research Project in the Provinces of Fars and Markazi. In: Archaeological Reports 7.2 on the 9th Annual Symposium on Iranian archaeology, ed. By H. Fazeli, pp. 43–67. ICAR, Tehran, Iran.
• (2007) Zeidi, M., K. Yamauchi, and S. Nishiyama. Preliminary Report on the Archaeological Survey in the Bolaghi Valley and its vicinity. In: Archaeological Reports 7.2 on the 9th Annual Symposium on Iranian archaeology, ed. By H. Fazeli, pp. 27-41. ICAR, Tehran, Iran.
• (2007) A. Tsuneki, M.Zeidi and K.Ohnuma. Proto-Neolithic Caves in the Bolaghi valley, southern Iran. IRAN 45:1-22.
• (2006) D.T. Potts, K. Roustaei, K. Alamdari, K. Alizadeh, A. Asgari Chaverdi, A. Khosrowzadeh, B. McCall, L. Niakan, C.A. Petrie, M. Seyedin, L.R. Weeks M. Zeidi. Eight thousand years of history in Fars Province, Iran. Near Eastern Archaeology, 68 (3): pp. 84-92.
• (2006) L.R. Weeks, K. Alizadeh, L. Niakan, K. Alamdari, M. Zeidi, A. Khosrowzadeh, B. McCall. Neolithic settlement in highland Fars: new evidence from the Mamasani district. IRAN 44: 1-31.
• (2006) Conard, N. J., E. Ghasidian, S. Heydari, and M. Zeidi. Report on the 2005 Survey of the Tübingen-Iranian Stone Age Research Project in the Provinces of Esfahan, Fars, and Kohgiluyeh-Boyerahmad. In: Archaeological Reports 5, ed. By M. Azarnoush, pp. 9-34. ICAR, Tehran, Iran.
• (2006) M. Zeidi, A. Khosrowzadeh, B. McCall. Survey of Dasht-e Rostam-e Yek and Do, in the Mamasani district, In D. T. Potts, K. Roustaei (eds.), The Mamasani Archaeological project, stage one. Pp. 147-168. ICAR and University of Sydney.
• (2006) Weeks, L.R., K.S. Alizadeh, L. Niakan, K. Alamdari, A. Khosrowzadeh, M. Zeidi. Excavations at Tol-e Nurabad (Trench B). In D. T. Potts, K. Roustaei (eds.), The Mamasani Archaeological project, stage one. Pp. 31-88. ICAR and University of Sydney.
• (2003) A. Alizadeh, M. Zeidi, L. Niakan, A. Asgari, A. Atabaki. Excavation at Tall-e Bakun A and B, Jari A and B, and Mushki: reconstruction of the prehistoric environment in Marvdasht. In: Annual Report, University of Chicago, pp.33-45.

• (2022) Conard, N. J., M. Zeidi, A. Janas and S. Hamzavi. Ausgrabungen an der Kälbermahdhalde im Lonetal. Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg 2021. pp. 80-83.
• (2021) Conard, N. J., A. Janas and M. Zeidi. Ausgrabungen der Magdalénien-Horizonte und Testschnitt in tiefe
  Schichten an der Langmahdhalde. Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg 2020.pp. 55-68.
• (2020) Conard, N. J., Janus, A., Zeidi, M. Ausgrabungen and der Langmahdhalde im Lonetal: Raumnutzung und Siedlungsdynamik im Magdalenian. Archäologische Ausgrabungen Baden-Württemberg 2019. Pp. 51-55.
• (2019) Conard, N. J., Janus, A., Zeidi, M. Ausgrabungen an der Langmahdhalde liefern weitere Einblicke in magdalenienzeitliche Lebensweisen auf der Schwäbischen Alb. Archäologische Ausgrabungen Baden-Württemberg 2018. Pp. 60-63.
• (2018) Conard, N. J., Janus, A., Zeidi, M. Ausgrabungen in dem magdalenienzeitlichen Schichten der Langmahdhalde im Lonetal. Archäologische Ausgrabungen Baden-Württemberg 2017. pp. 55-59.
• (2017) Conard, N. J., Janus, A., Zeidi, M. Neue Ausgrabungen unter den Felsdächern der Langmahdhalde bei Lonetal. Archäologische Ausgrabungen Baden-Württemberg 2016. pp. 58-63.
• (2016) Conard, N. J., Zeidi, M., Janus, A. Abschließender Bericht über die Nachgrabung am Vogelherd und die Sondage in der Wolftalhöhle. Archäologische Ausgrabungen Baden-Württemberg 2015. pp. 66-72.
• (2015) Conard, N. J. A. Janus and M. Zeidi. Neues aus dem Lonetal: Ergebnisse von Ausgrabungen an der Fetzershaldenhöhle und dem Vogelherd. Archäologische Ausgrabungen Baden-Württemberg 2014. pp. 59-64.
• (2014) Conard, N. J. and M. Zeidi. Ausgrabungen in der Fetzershaldenhöhle und der Lindenhöhle im Lonetal sowie neue Funde aus dem Vogelherd. Archäologische Ausgrabungen Baden-Württemberg 2013. pp. 63-67.
• (2014) Simone Riehl, M. Zeidi and N. J. Conard. Neu Ergebnisse aus der Wiege der Landwirtschaft. In: Senckenberg Natur-Forschung-Museum 144 (7-8): 250-255.
• (2013) Conard, N. J., M. Zeidi and J. Bega. Die letzte Kampagne der Nachgrabungen am Vogelherd. Archäologische Ausgrabungen Baden-Württemberg 2012. pp. 84-88
• (2012) N.J. Conard and M. Zeidi. Zur Fortsetzung der Ausgrabungen am Vogelher in Lonetal. In: Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg 2011. pp. 61-65.
• (2011) N.J. Conard and M. Zeidi. Der Fortgang der Ausgrabungen am Vogelherd im Lonetal. In: Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg 2010. pp. 61-64.
• (2010) N.J. Conard, M. Malina, M. Zeidi Kulehparcheh. Neue Kunst und erste Einblick in ungestörte Schichten am Vogelherd. In: Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg 2009. Pp. 57-61.

• (2013) The Earliest Neolithic of Iran: 2008 Excavations at Sheikh-e Abad and Jani) Central Zagros Archaeological Project, Volume 1(, Edited by R. Matthews, W. Matthews, and Y. Mohammadifar. In: Iranian Archaeology, Vol. 4, pp. 122-124.

• (2019) Report on the Fourth seasons of excavation at Ghar-e Boof. In: 16th Annual Symposium on the Iranian Archaeology. 5-6 March 2019, Tehran. Pp. 235-238.
• (2012) Mohsen Zeidi, Simone Riehl, Hannes Napierela, and Nicholas J. Conard. Chogha Golan: A PPN Site in the Foothills of the Zagros Mountains, Ilam Province, Iran: Report on the First Season of Excavation in 2009), In, Matthews, R., Curtis, J. (eds.) 7ICAANE, Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Volume 3: Fieldwork & Recent Research Posters. 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag, 259-276.

• (2019) Mario-Mata Gonzalez, Britt. M. Starkovich, Mohsen Zeidi, Nicholas J. Conard. The Early Upper Paleolithic faunal assemblage of Ghar-e Boof (Southern Zagros Mountains, Iran). In:  Hugo Obermaier Society 61st Annual Meeting, Erkrath & Mettmann, Germany 23 April 2019.
• (2016) M. Zeidi, K. Bretzke & N. J. Conard. New Results from Ghar-e Boof and their implications for the shift from the Middle to the Upper Paleolithic in the southern Zagros Mountains. In: 6th Annual ESHE Meeting, 14-18 September 2016, Madrid, Spain.
• (2016) Alexander Weide, Doga Karakaya, Simone Riehl, Mohsen Zeidi, Nicholas J. Conard. Preliminary results on harvesting techniques and domestication of cereals at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of Chogha Golan, Iran. In: 17th Conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany 4-9 July 2016, Paris, France.
• (2015) Mojdeh Lajmiri, N.J.Conard, M.Zeidi, M. Bolus, P. Schmidt. Detecting heat treatment among the Aceramic Neolithic artifacts from Chogha Golan; Iran, In: 57th Annual Meeting of Hugo Obermaier–Gesellschaft für Erforschung des Eiszeitalters und der Steinzeit e. V., April 7–11, Heidenheim, Germany.
• (2013) Doga Karakaya, Simone Riehl, Britt M. Starkovich, Mohsen Zeidi, Nicholas Conard. Pre-Pottery Neolithic Plant Remains from Chogha Golan in Southwestern Iran. In: 16th Conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany, 17-21 June 2013, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• (2013) Alexander Weide, Doğa Karakaya, Simone Riehl, Mohsen Zeidi, Nicholas J. Conard. Cultivation and domestication of cereals at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of Chogha Golan, Iran. In: 16th Conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany, 17-21 June 2013, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• (2012) M. Zeidi, S. Riehl, B. Starkovich, N. J. Conard. Chogha Golan; an Aceramic Neolithic Site in the Foothills of the Zagros Mountains, Western Iran. In: 11th Annual Symposium of Iranian Archaeology, 15-18 December, Tehran, National Museum of Iran.
• (2009) M. Zeidi, R. Naderi and N. J. Conard.  Archaeological Survey in the Kazerun and Marvdasht Regions of Southwestern Zagros Mountains of Iran. In: 51th Hugo-Obermaier-Tagung, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

• (2021) Zeidi, M., & Conard, N. J. The Earliest Neolithic Lithic Traditions of the Iranian Zagros Region: Evidence from Chogha Golan in the western foothills of the Zagros Mountains of Iran. In Revisiting the Hilly Flanks: The Epipaleolithic and Neolithic periods in the eastern Fertile Crescent University of Copenhagen on 21-25 June 2021.
• (2021) Conard, N. J., & Zeidi, M. Chogha Golan and its High-Resolution record of cultural and economic change during the Aceramic Neolithic in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains. In Revisiting the Hilly Flanks: The Epipaleolithic and Neolithic periods in the eastern Fertile Crescent University of Copenhagen on 21-25 June 2021.
• (2019) M. Zeidi, J. Linton and Nicholas J. Conard. Lithic use-wear analysis from the Early Neolithic site of Chogha Golan in western Iran. In The 9th International Conference of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Near East (PPN9). Tokyo, November 12- 16, 2019.
• (2019) M. Zeidi and Nicholas J. Conard. Report on the Fourth seasons of excavation at Ghar-e Boof. In: 16th Annual Symposium on the Iranian Archaeology. 5-6 March 2019, Tehran (Presented by M. Zeidi).
• (2019) Pre-agricultural subsistence strategies in the Early Neolithic of the Zagros Mountains: Moving beyond a focus on the “wild progenitor species”.  Alexander Weide, Simone Riehl, Mohsen Zeidi, Nicholas J. Conard. In: 18th conference of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany, June 3-8, Lecce (Italy), (Presented by A. Weide).
• (2016) V. C. Schmid, G. Porraz, V. Rots, C. Lentfer, M. Zeidi, and N. J. Conard. Bifacial Technologies and the definition of Still Bay: New data from the basal layers of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal. 23rd Biennal meeting of SAFA, 26 June-2 July, Toulouse, France (Presented by V.C. Schmid).
• (2016) Conard, N. J., Miller, C.E., Rots, V., Schmid. V.C., Will, M., Zeidi, M., Porraz, G. Cultural Stratigraphy at Sibudu and its implications for our understanding of the MSA. 23rd Biennal meeting of SAFA, 26 June-2 July, Toulouse, France (Presented by N. J. Conard).
• (2016) Conard, N. J., and Zeidi, M., Zanoni, A., Miller, C.E. High-resolution stratigraphic observations and its formation processes at the Aceramic site of Chogha Golan, Ilam Province, Iran. 10ICAANE, 25-29 April, Vienna, Austria. (Presented by N. J. Conard).
• (2016) Zeidi, M. and Conard, N. J., The lithic economy reflected in chipped stone artifacts of the Aceramic Neolithic of Chogha Golan, Iran. 10ICAANE, 25-29 April, Vienna, Austria. (Presented by M. Zeidi).
• (2015) Zeidi, M. and Conard, N.J., Ghar-e Boof, an Upper Paleolithic site in Southern Zagros, Iran. ICAR, Tehran, September 2015.
• (2014) Conard, N. J., V. C. Schmid, M. Zeidi, and G. Porraz. 17th UISPP Congress. Burgos, Spain. September, Characterizing the stratigraphy of bifacial technology in the assemblages from the Deep Sounding at Sibudu Cave, in Kwa-Zulu Natal (Presented by N. J. Conard).
• (2014) Nicholas J. Conard and M. Zeidi. The record of clay objects from the aceramic Neolithic site of Chogha Golan, Ilam Province, Iran. In: 9 ICAANE. Basel, Switzerland, June 2014. (Presented by N. J. Conard)
• (2013) Nicholas J. Conard, V. C. Schmid, M. Zeidi, and G. Porraz. Bifacial technology at Sibudu and its implications for our understanding of the Still Bay. In: Annual meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution, Vienna, Austria, September 2013 (Presented by N. J. Conard).
• (2012) M. Zeidi, S. Riehl & N. J. Conard. New excavation results from Chogha Golan: a PPN site in the western Zagros region of Iran. In: 8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, April 30-May 4, 2012 in Warsaw, Poland.
• (2012) M. Zeidi & N. J. Conard. The sequence of chipped stone artifacts from the PPN site of Chogha Golan, Ilam Province, western Iran. In: 7th International Conference on the Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, 14-17 February, Barcelona (Presented by M. Zeidi).
• (2012) N. J. Conard & M. Zeidi. The ground stone tools from the PPN Site of Chogha Golan, Ilam Province, western Iran.  In: 7th International Conference on the Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, 14-17 February, Barcelona (Presented by M. Zeidi).
• (2010) M. Zeidi. Chogha Golan: A PPN Site in the Foothills of the Zagros Mountains, Ilam Province, Iran. In Institut für Vorderasiatische Archäologie, University of Freiburg.
• (2007) M. Zeidi. A preliminary report on the archaeological survey in the Bolaghi valley and Pasargadae plain. In Faculty of Beautiful Arts, University of Tehran.
• (2007) M. Zeidi. Archaeological excavations and surveys in Fars province (2003-2006). In Middle Eastern Cultural Center, April 14, Tokyo.
• (2007) M. Zeidi. Report on the last finds of archaeological excavations in the Bolaghi valley.  In Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran.
• (2006) M. Zeidi. Archaeological excavation of joint expedition of Iran-Japan in the Bolaghi valley. In National Museum, Tehran.
• (2006) M. Zeidi.  Preliminary report of archaeological excavations in Bolaghi valley. In Hotel Homa, Shiraz.