Shahrizor Research Project
Investigating archaeological and environmental change
This research project entails researching archaeological and
environmental change in the Shahrizor using interdisciplinary methods and
social-ecological modelling.
Current research has focused on recovering sedimentary data and phytoliths from valley regions of the Shahrizor to get a preliminary idea of land use and environmental change in the region during different periods.
Related outputs
- Altaweel, M., Marsh, A., Muhl, S., Nieuwenhuyse, O., Radner, K., Rasheed, K., and Saber, S. In press. New Investigations in the Environment, History, and Archaeology of the Iraqi Hilly Flanks: Shahrizor Survey Project 2009-2011. Iraq.
Funding
- Funding has previously been obtained from the United States State Department and the British Institute for the Study of Iraq
- Results of funding applications to the AHRC and Qatar Government are pending.
Project Leader:
Project Partners:
- Karen Radner (UCL History)
- David Wengrow
- Arlene Rosen (University of Texas)
- Rob Carter (UCL-Qatar)
- Dorian Fuller
- Louise Martin
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