Prospecting in the marshland: the Sumerian city Fara-Šuruppak (Iraq)

Fassbinder, Jörg W. E. ; Hahn, Sandra und Wolf, Marco (2023): Prospecting in the marshland: the Sumerian city Fara-Šuruppak (Iraq). 15th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection, Kiel, Germany, March 28 - April 1, 2023. Wunderlich, Tina; Hadler, Hanna und Blankenfeldt, Ruth (Hrsg.): In: Advances in On- and Offshore Archaeological Prospection : Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Archaeological Prospectionological Prospection, Kiel, Germany: Universitätsverlag Kiel | Kiel University Publishing. S. 47-50

Abstract

Fara-Šuruppak was a major Sumerian city of the third millennium B.C. By magnetometer prospecting we discovered and traced a casemate city wall that enclosed the city. On the west bank of the Euphrates river we identified a large harbour complex of Fara-Šuruppak. The magnetogram revealed the existence of channels, a bridge, hydraulic constructions and agricultural fields.

• Dokumententyp: Konferenzbeitrag (Paper)
• Fakultät: Geowissenschaften > Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften > Geophysik
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie ; 900 Geschichte und Geografie > 930 Geschichte des Altertums (bis ca. 499), Archäologie
• ISBN: 978-3-928794-83-1
• Ort: Kiel, Germany
• Sprache: Englisch