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"Lived-in landscapes" are the result of the constantly changing interaction between communities of inhabitants and the environment. In this context, the project aims at re-thinking the understanding and approach towards archaeological landscapes, adopting new practices for their documentation, preservation and management. The project's activities take place in Iraq (Nineveh and the area South of Bagdad) and Uzbekistan (Zeravshan and Surkhandarya river valleys), which present a similar socio-political fragile context and heritage-related threats. Three main research questions will be followed: The first deals with how a combined approach of remote assessment (GIS, AI) and fieldwork activities can enhance the identification, analysis and documentation of archaeological sites and landscapes both in quality and time. The second revolves around the classification and recording of threats, the successive training of different kinds of heritage operators, and the implementation of pilot projects for the conservation and safeguarding of sites and landscapes. The final objective focuses on the systematic involvement of local communities and heritage operators in view of a shared enhancement plan for those landscapes, and the conceptualisation of dissemination materials and visitor centres.The ultimate goal of the project is inspiring people to join in the protection effort of newly perceived archaeological landscapes in order to extend the project outcomes even after its conclusion.

• Prof. Dr. Nicolò Marchetti

  Università di Bologna
  History and Cultures
  Bologna
  Italien
  

• Prof. Khalid Salim Ismael

  University of Mosul
  College of Archaeology
  Department of Iraqi Ancient Languages
  Mosul
  Irak
  

• Prof. Dr. Farhod Maksudov

  Uzbek Academy of Sciences
  National Center of Archaeology
  Tashkent
  Usbekistan
  

• Prof. Dr. Adelheid Otto

  Universität München
  Kulturwissenschaften
  Institut für Vorderasiatische Archäologie
  München
  

• A human AI collaboration workflow for archaeological sites detection

• Development of water management strategies in southern Mesopotamia during the fourth and third millennium B.C.E.

• Long-term Urban and Population Trends in the Southern Mesopotamian Floodplains

• FloodPlains. Developing a public archaeological WebGIS for the Southern Mesopotamian alluvium