Identifying the preserved network of irrigation canals in the Eridu region, southern Mesopotamia
Abstract The Eridu region in southern Mesopotamia was occupied from the sixth until the early first millennium BC, and its archaeological landscape remains well preserved. The present study has identified and mapped a vast, intensive, well-developed network of artificial irrigation canals in this region.
Authors
- Jaafar Jotheri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3648-3388)
- Raheem Alabdan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4511-0070)
- Michelle de Gruchy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7856-8013)
- Louise Rayne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3706-4409)
- Mohammed Rokan
- Ali Al-Ghanim
Institutions
- United Nations Institute for Training and Research (CH)
- Durham University (GB)
- Thi Qar University (IQ)
- University of Al-Qadisiyah (IQ)
- Newcastle University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antiquity
- Published
- 2025-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.19
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.60
Funders
- British Institute for the Study of Iraq