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Archäologisch-geophysikalische Prospektion am Rande des Zagrosgebirges in Kurdistan

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.

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Banea 2024 Archaeological Conference at the University of Glasgow

On 3-4-5 January 2024, the University of Glasgow in Scotland hosted the International Archaeological Conference entitled "Archaeological Heritage Practice in Southwest Asia: Towards Equitable Futures".

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In the land of the highlanders: from the kingdom of Simurrum to Mazamua in the Shahrizor

In the late third and early second millennium bc, the large plain known today as the Shahrizor and its surrounding region, located in the province of Suleymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan, likely formed an important region of the kingdom of Simurrum (Fig. 31.1; Altaweel et al. 2012). For much of the remaining second millennium bc and into the irst two centuries of the irst millennium bc, the region was a contested border zone between northern and southern Mesopotamian kingdoms or became splintered into small kingdoms.

Residential project in Chwartaq district

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In the Chwartaq district, there is a residential project. As per the Guidelines for the Implementation of the Law on The Management and Preservation of Heritage the Kurdistan Region of Iraq No. 5 of 2021, which were published in Al-waqa'a Al-iraqiya Newspaper (306), Number (23) on 14/7/2023, Article (10) and paragraph (3) state that if the land area for a commercial project exceeding more than (10 Acres), a test pit needs to be excavated to determine if the land is an archaeological site or not. This requirement is due to the significance of this matter as per the archaeological administration's directive.

The project includes a residential development on land area number 72 of the 43rd sector, as well as a portion of the main road from 3/44 of the 43rd sector in Chwartaq. It is situated on the border of Chwartaq village in Arbat, covering an area of (84 Acres and 5 olk). The project is located in the northern part of Arbat district, adjacent to Chwartaq village.

The purpose of the test pit is to ensure that there are no archaeological remains present or the land is located at a considerable distance from the archaeological site. What is intriguing is that these projects are specifically designed to safeguard the archaeological sites and prevent any harm caused by the project.