The fruitful collaboration between the High Commission for the Erbil Citadel Revitalization, the Italian Cooperation Project of MAE-IsIAO and the Italian Archaeological Mission in Iraqi Kurdistan of Sapienza, University of Rome & IsIAO allowed to carry out a series of activities aimed at the study and documentation of the Citadel of Erbil. The main activities consist in a set of geophysical prospections with Ground Penetrating Radar and in a topographic survey of the Citadel, which has provided the basis for a GIS platform, essential for managing the collected data. These activities are still ongoing, and preliminary results are extremely interesting. The GIS platform and the topographic data proved to be crucial for a proper documentation of the site and the data obtained from the prospections, in addition to confirming the existence of a complex archaeological stratigraphy, provide interesting clues about the presence of large defensive structures.
BOGDANI, J., COLLIVA, L., Tilia, S.S. (2015). The Citadel of Erbil. The Italian Archaeological and Topographic Activities. POL : Jagiellonian University Press.
The Citadel of Erbil. The Italian Archaeological and Topographic Activities
BOGDANI, JULIAN;COLLIVA, LUCA
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2015
Abstract
The fruitful collaboration between the High Commission for the Erbil Citadel Revitalization, the Italian Cooperation Project of MAE-IsIAO and the Italian Archaeological Mission in Iraqi Kurdistan of Sapienza, University of Rome & IsIAO allowed to carry out a series of activities aimed at the study and documentation of the Citadel of Erbil. The main activities consist in a set of geophysical prospections with Ground Penetrating Radar and in a topographic survey of the Citadel, which has provided the basis for a GIS platform, essential for managing the collected data. These activities are still ongoing, and preliminary results are extremely interesting. The GIS platform and the topographic data proved to be crucial for a proper documentation of the site and the data obtained from the prospections, in addition to confirming the existence of a complex archaeological stratigraphy, provide interesting clues about the presence of large defensive structures.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
