In autumn 2023 water in the Dokan Lake (Kurdis- tan Region of Iraq) subsided to levels not seen since 2015, and inspired a new archaeological survey to document sites normally flooded and inaccesible. The survey was organised and executed by the antiquity directorates of Sulaymania and Raparin in collabora- tion with the Pisa archaeological Project on the Rania Plain, and took place 19-21/12. a total of 11 sites, 4 of which were not visited by archaeologists since the 1950s, and 4 sites never recorded previously, were visited and sampled. We provide here a first report on the results and attempt to contextualise these within the wider settlement history of the Rania Plain.
In Winter on the Lake. The 2023 Sulaymania-Raparin Survey in the Dokan Dam Salvage Zone
Jesper Eidem
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2025-01-01
Abstract
In autumn 2023 water in the Dokan Lake (Kurdis- tan Region of Iraq) subsided to levels not seen since 2015, and inspired a new archaeological survey to document sites normally flooded and inaccesible. The survey was organised and executed by the antiquity directorates of Sulaymania and Raparin in collabora- tion with the Pisa archaeological Project on the Rania Plain, and took place 19-21/12. a total of 11 sites, 4 of which were not visited by archaeologists since the 1950s, and 4 sites never recorded previously, were visited and sampled. We provide here a first report on the results and attempt to contextualise these within the wider settlement history of the Rania Plain.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
