Catalogue of archaeological sites : Grdapān & Ākrê regions : plateaux: Grdapān, Ākrê & Prt, mountains: Ākrê, Sart & Prt

The series presents the results of research carried out in the Iraqi Kurdistan from 2012 through 2017. During this time, an extremely rich group of heritage monuments was registered on an area of 3058 km2 located on both banks of the Greater Zab, at the foot of the Kurdistan mountains. More than 300 archaeological sites, 4 rock reliefs, nearly 80 cultural heritage monuments (cemeteries, Christian, Muslim and Jewish architecture, industrial installations) and over 100 caves illustrate nearly 10,000 years of the region's history, from the Neolithic period to the mid-20th century AD. The SHIK series will consist of two introductory volumes (an atlas and a volume on the project's methodology), eight volumes presenting the dataset for settlement sites (six volumes), caves and heritage monuments (one volume each), and a volume analysing the development of the settlement during particular periods. The third volume of the site catalogue contains a complete dataset for 34 archaeological sites documented in 2013, 2014, and 2015 in two separate areas located west of the Greater Zab river valley. On the Grdapan Plateau, south of Barda?as, between the Zab and al-?azir rivers, 12 sites were documented, and some more located to the west of the UGZAR area limit were visited during the al-?azir reconnaissance. The other area is limited by Sax-i Akre and Sax-i Prt in the north, the eastern limit of the Navkur Plain, and the Greater Zab river valley (however, sites located in the valley will be presented separately, in SHIK vol. 6). This area yielded 22 sites, mainly of later date. As before, the volume contains an analysis of relevant images of U2 (only for the Grdapan Plateau) and CORONA spy missions and contemporary satellite imagery, a discussion of relevant maps from the Atlas of Archaeological Sites in Iraq, and indexes. Archaeology Cover 1 Title page 6 Copyright 7 Table of contents 8 Body 10 Preface 10 UGZAR study area 11 Introduction 13 List of abbreviations and bibliography 17 Maps legend 18 Chronological table 19 Settled area 20 Former work of the Antiquities Service 22 Introduction 24 Joint AASI maps 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 47, 51, 52, 128, 130 25 Identification of sites on map 51 of AASI 27 Identification of sites from ASI and AASI with UGZAR sites 28 Index of sites present on joint maps 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 47, 51, 52, 128, 130 29 Grdapān Plateau 44 Grdapān Plateau. Map between US 073-082 45 Grdapān Plateau. Satellite imagery between US 073-082 47 Aerial and satellite imagery US 073 49 US 073/S 141 Grd-ĩ Xazĩne گردى خه زينه 51 Aerial and satellite imagery US 074 75 US 074/S 179 Xrāb-ĩ Qraqāz خرابى قره قاز 77 Aerial and satellite imagery between US 075-077 85 US 075/S 181 Şĩū-ĩ Bĩrān شيوى بيران 97 US 076/S 180 Gūme Zard گومه زه رد 2 ٢ 105 US 077/S 184 Şĩū-ĩ Bĩrān شيوى بيران 5 ٥ 105 Aerial and satellite imagery between US 078-080 115 US 078/S 182 Şĩū-ĩ Bĩrān شيوى بيران 4 ٤ 119 US 079/S 177 No name ناوى نيه 133 US 080/S 145 Grd-ĩ Şĩx Mūsĩ گردى شيخ موسى 143 Aerial and satellite imagery between US 081-082 153 US 081/S 183 No name ناوى نيه 155 US 082/S 142 Xrāb-ĩ Grdapān خرابى گرد ه پان 163 Grdapān Plateau. Map between US 083-084 189 Grdapān Plateau. Satellite imagery between US 083-084 191 Aerial and satellite imagery US 083 193 US 083/S 143 Grd-ĩ Xrāb گردى خراب 195 Aerial and satellite imagery US 084 229 US 084/S 151 Grd-ĩ Şamsaxar گردى شه مسه خر 231 Al-Ḫāzĩr Reconnaissance 260 Map 261 Satellite imagery 263 Introduction 266 Aerial and satellite imagery for RS 01-02 267 Aerial and satellite imagery for RS 03-10 269 Catalogue of images of archaeological sites 271 Tentative identifications 278 Ākrê Massif 284 Ākrê Massif. Map between US 085-093 285 Ākrê Massif. Satellite imagery between US 085-093 287 US 085/S 077 Xrāb-ĩ Şermn خرابى شه رمن 289 US 086/S 045 Şūş-ê Qaḻā شوشێ قه ٚ ل 291 US 087/S 044 Gūnd-ĩ Kūn-ĩ Şūş گوندى كونى شوش 305 US 088/S 049 Grd-ĩ Qasrūk گردى قسروك 325 US 089/S 041 Grd-ĩ Qasrūk گردى قسروك 337 US 090/S 046 Grd-ĩ Perbebĩ گردى په ربه بي 343 US 091/S 047 Grd-ĩ Perbebĩ گردى په ربه بي ٢ 351 US 092/S 050 Grd-ĩ Qasrūk گردى قسروك 363 US 093/S 051 Grd-ĩ Qasrūk گردى قسروك 373 Ākrê Massif. Map between US 094-095 385 Ākrê Massif. Satellite imagery between US 094-095 387 US 094/S 038 Qaḻā-ĩ Ākrê قه ٚ لى ئاكرێ 389 US 095/S 042 Qaḻā-ĩ Amĩr Āūdl Āḡā قه ٚ لى ئه مير ئاودل ئاغا 437 Sart Mountains 454 Sart Mountains. Map between US 096-098 455 Sart Mountains. Satellite imagery between US 096-098 457 US 096/S 131 Grd-ĩ Qaḻāt گردى قه ٚ لت 465 US 097/S 112 Qaḻā-ĩ Dêr قه ٚ لى دێر 465 US 098/S 111 Xrāb-ĩ Srkvrūk خرابى سركڤروك 521 Ākrê Plateau 526 Ākrê Plateau. Map between US 099-102 527 Ākrê Plateau. Satellite imagery between US 099-102 457 US 099/S 106 Grd-ĩ Ūmar Xūşān گردى ئومر خوشان 531 US 100/S 107 Grd-ĩ Ūmar Xūşān گردى ئومر خوشان ١ 539 US 101/S 108 Qaḻā-ĩ Ūmar Mlān 546 قه ٚ لى ئومرملان 547 US 102/S 109 (+ S 117) Xrāb-ĩ Kşkān Žêr 548 خرابى كشكان ژێر 549 Prt Mountains 556 Prt Mountains. Map between US 103-105 557 Prt Mountains. Satellite imagery between US 103-105 559 US 103/S 139 Grd-ĩ Kalātĩ گردى كه لاتي 561 US 104/S 134 Qaḻātok قه ٚ ل ت ٚ وك 571 Prt Plateau 574 Prt Plateau. Eastern part 575 Prt Plateau. Satellite imagery US 106 576 US 105/S 138 Grd-ĩ Xazĩne گردى خه زينه 578 US 106/S 135 Kavn-ĩ Gūnd كه ڤنى گوند 579 Indexes 582 Rules of transliteration 583 Transliteration table 584 Glossary 585 Geographical names 586 List of sites 598 Concordance of field and US numbers 603 List of maps and aerial imagery 604 The series presents the results of research carried out in the Iraqi Kurdistan from 2012 through 2017. During this time, an extremely rich group of heritage monuments was registered on an area of 3058 km2 located on both banks of the Greater Zab, at the foot of the Kurdistan mountains. More than 300 archaeological sites, 4 rock reliefs, nearly 80 cultural heritage monuments (cemeteries, Christian, Muslim and Jewish architecture, industrial installations) and over 100 caves illustrate nearly 10,000 years of the region?s history, from the Neolithic period to the mid-20th century AD.0The SHIK series will consist of two introductory volumes (an atlas and a volume on the project?s methodology), eight volumes presenting the dataset for settlement sites (six volumes), caves and heritage monuments (one volume each), and a volume analysing the development of the settlement during particular periods.0The third volume of the site catalogue contains a complete dataset for 34 archaeological sites documented in 2013, 2014, and 2015 in two separate areas located west of the Greater Zab river valley. On the Grdap?n Plateau, south of Barda?a?, between the Zab and al-??zir rivers, 12 sites were documented, and some more located to the west of the UGZAR area limit were visited during the al-??zir reconnaissance. The other area is limited by ??x-? ?krê and ??x-? Prt in the north, the eastern limit of the Navk?r Plain, and the Greater Zab river valley (however, sites located in the valley will be presented separately, in SHIK vol. 6). This area yielded 22 sites, mainly of later date. As before, the volume contains an analysis of relevant images of U2 (only for the Grdap?n Plateau) and CORONA spy missions and contemporary satellite imagery, a discussion of relevant maps from the Atlas of Archaeological Sites in Iraq, and indexes The series presents the results of research carried out in the Iraqi Kurdistan from 2012 through 2017. During this time, an extremely rich group of heritage monuments was registered on an area of 3058 km2 located on both banks of the Greater Zab, at the foot of the Kurdistan mountains. More than 300 archaeological sites, 4 rock reliefs, nearly 80 cultural heritage monuments (cemeteries, Christian, Muslim and Jewish architecture, industrial installations) and over 100 caves illustrate nearly 10,000 years of the region’s history, from the Neolithic period to the mid-20th century AD. The SHIK series will consist of two introductory volumes (an atlas and a volume on the project’s methodology), eight volumes presenting the dataset for settlement sites (six volumes), caves and heritage monuments (one volume each), and a volume analysing the development of the settlement during particular periods. The third volume of the site catalogue contains a complete dataset for 34 archaeological sites documented in 2013, 2014, and 2015 in two separate areas located west of the Greater Zab river valley. On the Grdapān Plateau, south of Bardaṟaş, between the Zab and al-Ḫāzir rivers, 12 sites were documented, and some more located to the west of the UGZAR area limit were visited during the al-Ḫāzir reconnaissance. The other area is limited by Şāx-ĩ Ākrê and Şāx-ĩ Prt in the north, the eastern limit of the Navkūr Plain, and the Greater Zab river valley (however, sites located in the valley will be presented separately, in SHIK vol. 6). This area yielded 22 sites, mainly of later date. As before, the volume contains an analysis of relevant images of U2 (only for the Grdapān Plateau) and CORONA spy missions and contemporary satellite imagery, a discussion of relevant maps from the Atlas of Archaeological Sites in Iraq, and indexes