Tony Wilkinson and the water history of the Near East

Ur, Jason; Ertsen, Maurits W.

doi:10.1007/s12685-015-0149-3

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“…In spite of remarkable technological progress over the past decades and the availability of an impressive array of aerial and satellite imagery, the methodological main stays of archaeological field surveys in Mesopotamia are still those defined by Adams (1965; and Wilkinson (2003): remote sensing, surface material collection, and geoarchaeological study of sediments (Stein 2015;Ur/ Ertsen 2015). The degree of accuracy in this field is meas ured by the ratio of survey detail to the total surface of the surveyed area.…”

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The Rise of Urbanized Landscapes in Mesopotamia: The QADIS Integrated Survey Results and the Interpretation of Multi-Layered Historical Landscapes

Marchetti¹,

Al-Hussainy

Benati³

et al. 2019

Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie Und Vorderasiatische Archäologie

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This paper draws on the preliminary results of the QADIS survey project, conducted by the University of Bologna and the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage since 2016 in the Qadisiyah province. The project addresses phenomena related to anthropogenic transformation of landscapes in a region that was at the core of the early Mesopotamian urbanization process. Building upon the seminal work conducted by R. McC. Adams in the 1960 s and 1970 s, we implemented an integrated documentation technique to reconstruct at regional levels the changes in the dense network of human settlements and artificial water infrastructures characterizing the evolution of this archaeological landscape over time. The aim of the article is that of providing a finer-grained regional picture of 4th and 3rd millennium BC urban developments which can be useful for better conceptualizing the scale and pace of early Mesopotamian urbanism.

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The Rise of Urbanized Landscapes in Mesopotamia: The QADIS Integrated Survey Results and the Interpretation of Multi-Layered Historical Landscapes

Marchetti¹,

Al-Hussainy

Benati³

et al. 2019

Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie Und Vorderasiatische Archäologie

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“…Satellite technologies offer several advantages in the field of archaeological research; in particular, they are noninvasive and time-saving. Additionally, recent improvements in Earth observation techniques (including both active and passive sensors) offer advanced technical characteristics that can lead new applications and open new perspectives that were inconceivable only a few years ago [1][2][3][4][5]. In this way, landscape archaeology, especially, can benefit from the use of satellite images because such data can place local field studies within a regional context, can be promptly updated for large areas, and be directly imported into a GIS environment.…”

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“…The identification of traces of past human activities, still fossilized in the modern landscape, is the first important step required in the preservation of the "material evidence" of the ancient past and human history. Along these lines, satellite remote-sensing imagery can give important data that can be used to (i) study the role and the relation of landscape archaeology to ancient settlement patterns, irrigation systems, and roads [2], and (ii) improve knowledge of past human activities [3].…”

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Mapping the Roman Water Supply System of the Wadi el Melah Valley in Gafsa, Tunisia, Using Remote Sensing

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In recent years, very high-resolution satellite remote-sensing tools have been progressively used in archaeological prospecting to acquire information and improve documentation. Satellite remote sensing has also benefited from technical improvements, including better spectral and spatial resolution of sensors, which have facilitated the detection and discovery of unknown archaeological areas. This paper focuses on investigations conducted using multi-spectral satellite remote-sensing data of the ancient canal systems of the Wadi el Melah Valley (WMV) in southern Tunisia. The area used to be part of a huge military defense system along the desert border. This paper describes the use of GeoEye-1 and Ziyuan-3 satellite remote-sensing data to reveal ancient Roman canals, which were part of an advanced hydraulic system devised to capture runoff water and cope with the lack of water in the area. In general, this research provides new information on some essential sections of the Roman walled defense system Limes (Fossatum) in the southern part of the empire, where we study previously undetected sites.

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Tony Wilkinson and the water history of the Near East

Cited by 2 publications

References 4 publications

The Rise of Urbanized Landscapes in Mesopotamia: The QADIS Integrated Survey Results and the Interpretation of Multi-Layered Historical Landscapes

The Rise of Urbanized Landscapes in Mesopotamia: The QADIS Integrated Survey Results and the Interpretation of Multi-Layered Historical Landscapes

Mapping the Roman Water Supply System of the Wadi el Melah Valley in Gafsa, Tunisia, Using Remote Sensing

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