The North Jazira Survey

by Tony J. Wilkinson

This monograph presents a synthesis of four seasons of survey and excavation conducted within a 475 km square enclave of NW Iraq. Intensive site survey and off-site sampling was combined with a drainage dyke survey and four small excavations to provide a good overview of a 9000 year settlement sequence. The work was particularly orientated to investigate the growth of towns in Upper Mesopotamia and relate urbanisation to changes in land use and communication...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0856686581
• ISBN13: 9780856686580
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: British School of Archaeology in Iraq
• Length: 240 Pages