Issue 20
Issue 20
2024-01-28
Complex local settlement in Zagros Mountains before the Assyrians expanded into this region
About 5 km south of the district town of Qaladze, in the Peshdar Plain on the eastern bank of the Little Zab, lie the two archaeological sites of Qalat-i Dinka and Gird-i Bazar.
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2024-01-28
Human Landscape - Site (Trans-) Formation in the Transtigris Area
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2024-01-28
Gird-î Qalrakh: a small mound in the North-eastern Shahrazor Plain
The site of Gird-î Qalrakh is a small but steep settlement place in the North-eastern Shahrazor-Plain. It was excavated in three seasons (2016, 2017 and 2019), the fourth season 2023 has just started. The archaeological discovery will be carried out jointly by the Slemani Archaeological and Heritage Directorates, along with two universities (University of Erlangen and University of Frankfurt), in Gridi-Kazhaw and Qalrgh. It will continue for years.