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Using Shuttle Radar Topography to map ancient water channels in Mesopotamia

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) is currently producing a digital elevation model of most of the world's surface. Here the authors assess its value in mapping and sequencing the network of water channels that provided the arterial system for Mesopotamia before the petrol engine.

Source: Antiquity

DOI: 10.1017/s0003598x00093728

Authors: Carrie Hritz, T.J. Wilkinson

Institutions: University of Chicago, Durham University

Language: English

Topic: Archaeological Research and Protection

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, California Institute of Technology, U.S. Geological Survey, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Award: BE/CNH: Settlement Systems Within a Dynamic Environment and Economy: Contrasting Northern and Southern Mesopotamian City Regions