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MAGNETIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE SHAHRIZOR PLAIN, IRAQI KURDISTAN

Archaeological features, such as architecture etc. can be traced by high resolution and large-scale magnetometer prospecting. Moreover, soil magnetic data deliver additional information about the alteration of the ancient landscape. In combination with an archaeological survey, the geophysical results can provide information to reconstruct the spatial organization within these settlements as well as an epoch-spanning analysis of settlements and their role in urbanization processes and within settlement hierarchies.

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Shakar Tapa on the Sharazor plain has revealed a new episode of the Neolithic discovery

Shakar Tapa has been known as a conspicuous archaeological site in the south of the Shahrazor Plain since the mid-20th century. It has an oval plan consisting of a low northeastern mound and a high conical southwestern mound with a flat top.

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New exhibition of the archaeological investigations at Gird-i Yasin Tepe

The site is one of the largest tell-type sites in the Slemani Governorate and contains rich archaeological remains from the Neolithic to the Islamic periods.

HUMAN OCCUPATION ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTHWESTERN ZAGROS DURING THE LATE PLEISTOCENE AND THE HOLOCENE IN THE RANIA AND PESHDAR PLAINS

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The south-western foothills of the Zagros range, in Iraqi Kurdistan, have long been largely unexplored because it has been impossible for archaeologists to carry out fieldwork research in this area for more than half a century. The first excavations carried out in the 1960s and 1970s revealed the crucial importance of the region for the prehistoric periods. Many important sites, such as Shanidar (Solecki 1963), Jarmo (Braidwood et at 1983) and Shemshara (Mortensen 1970) were discovered and excavated. Although for several decades this territory has been con-sidered a peripheral area, it is, undoubtedly, a region that is fundamental for the understanding of the first Mesopotamian cultures. In fact, this area spawned the emergence, develop-ment and spread of major cultural entities, from the Neanderthal hunter-gatherers to the first complex societies characterised by the very large villages of the Late Chalcolithic period.