Rediscovering the Heartland of Cities: Early Southern Mesopotamian States in Their Setting through New Field Research

The 2016-2018 QADIS survey project is a joint Iraqi-Italian initiative aimed at achieving a new understanding of the processes that led to the formation and development of urban centers in central-southern Iraq from the fourth millennium BCE to modernity. The project applied an integrated methodolog...

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Authors: Marchetti, Nicolò 1968- (Author) ; Zaina, Federico ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press [2020]
In: Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2020, Volume: 83, Issue: 4, Pages: 210-221
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Iraq (Südost) / City / Surroundings / Methodology / Mesopotamia / History
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Further subjects:B Survey
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Summary:The 2016-2018 QADIS survey project is a joint Iraqi-Italian initiative aimed at achieving a new understanding of the processes that led to the formation and development of urban centers in central-southern Iraq from the fourth millennium BCE to modernity. The project applied an integrated methodology including a combined set of techniques, from remote sensing to aerial mapping, from archaeological surface collection to test soundings, from geoarchaeological investigation to the study of epigraphic materials. As a result, a more detailed reconstruction of the urban layout of several ancient Mesopotamian centers, as well as a comprehensive understanding of the cultural landscape of the region through time, is now possible.
ISSN:2325-5404
Contains:Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1086/708510