Revisiting the sealands: report of preliminary ground reconnaissance in the Hammar District, Dhi Qar and Basra Governorates, Iraq
The flourit of early Sumerian civilization in southern Iraq marked a degree of economic differentiation, sociopolitical complexity, and urbanization previously unseen in the ancient world. This article reports the results of recent geo-archaeological investigation of three complementary resources in...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2014
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Iraq
Jahr: 2012, Band: 74, Seiten: 37-49 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Sumer
B Landscapes B Marshes B Irrigation systems B Roux B Reconnaissance B Archaeological surveys B River deltas B Archaeological sites B Alluvium |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The flourit of early Sumerian civilization in southern Iraq marked a degree of economic differentiation, sociopolitical complexity, and urbanization previously unseen in the ancient world. This article reports the results of recent geo-archaeological investigation of three complementary resources in southern Mesopotamia that are thought to have offered an ecological advantage, thus laying the economic foundations for these developments: (1) expansive irrigable plains; (2) vast pasture lands; and (3) the littoral resources of levee back swamps/deltaic marshes. Focusing on the area of the Hawr al-Hammar marshes, the authors conducted preliminary archaeological, geological and landscape investigation over the course of 18 days in the autumn of 2010, funded by a U.S. National Science Foundation High Risk Research in Physical Anthropology and Archaeology grant. |
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| ISSN: | 2053-4744 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Iraq
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0021088900000243 |