Issue 14
Issue 14
Im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojektes begab sich ein bayerisches Prospekti onsteam im Oktober des vergangenen Jahres auf eine Forschungsexpedition in den Nordostirak, genauer in die süd kurdischen Provinzen Sulaymaniyah und Halabjah. Hier in der Shahrizor Ebene, nahe der irakisch-iranischen Grenze, sollten an drei Fundorten Un tersuchungen durchgeführt werden.
he formation of Ear per rone Age centres in pesopotamia is the resut of ong term processes hich can be e pained b en ironmenta economica and socia de eopments heir phsica appearance is not on a testimon of centrai ation but aso of the socia eoution relected in its impact on andscapes Large te sites surrounded b a eb of roads for inter-regiona and inter-site communication traceabe through aeria and sate ite photograph ofer a testing ground for ne methods hie the pains of northern S ria ha e itte ariation in terrain the centra Trans‐Tigris area sho s a high diferentiated terrain afected b the ridges of the agros iedmont one
The south-western foothills of the Zagros range, in Iraqi Kurdistan, have long been largely unexplored because it has been impossible for archaeologists to carry out fieldwork research in this area for more than half a century.
Issue 14