Course: Endangered Archaeology: Using Remote Sensing to Protect Cultural Heritage

So what do ancient settlements in the Marl Landscape look like today? Research has shown that Bronze and Iron Age settlement was largely focused on tells. Many of the larger …

The two most common building materials encountered in the archaeology of Western Asia are mudbrick and stone. Although other materials, such as timber, are sometimes used, several factors favour the …

Choice of building material usually depends on local availability of resources in the surrounding landscape. For example, we would not usually expect to find mudbrick buildings at a site in …

What we can see on an image depends on a variety of different factors, including what is in the image and when it was taken. Here we will look at …

Fortifications are structures typically built for defence – but often secondarily as highly visual expressions of power. Examples of fortifications include castles, forts (or fortresses), and defensive walls and ditches. …

As with the tell sites of the Homs region of Syria or the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, Southern Iraq is dominated by mudbrick architecture. The city of Ur is a …

In addition to tells, many other types of site exist. Some may be large stone built structures such as medieval castles and Roman temples, but others may be more difficult …

Water management has been an important aspect of peoples’ lives for a long time, especially in the dryland environments found across the Middle East and North Africa. Ancient civilisations used …

The visibility of a site – the way in which it appears on an image – will affect the way in which it is interpreted, and the site understood. Image …

There are a number of things that can cause damage to archaeological sites. Here we will look at some examples caused by looting, development, mining and agriculture. Looting In the …

A ‘tell’ site is a mound that is created by the gradual build-up of construction material and domestic rubbish resulting from continued human occupation in a single location over a …

Are you excited to learn more about the archaeology that we can find in this basaltic landscape? Let’s explore that here! The archaeological remains in the Homs basalt include various …