Thesis Chapters by Aqeel Al Mansrawi
University of Al-Qadisiyah, 2021
The study area around Tell Al-Wilayah in Wasit Governorate specifically in the Numaniya district ... more The study area around Tell Al-Wilayah in Wasit Governorate specifically in the Numaniya district and Al-Ahrar sub-district (formerly Al-Husseiniya) considered as significant importance in the archaeological studies.
Robert Adams, who surveyed many areas in Iraq, recorded this area as a limited survey area because the previous archaeological survey did not cover it; on the other hand, it is under the threat of intensive agricultural activities. All this led us to perform a field survey trying to illustrate this area’s ambiguities.
The survey area covers a (1087 km2), And it contains a different environment within the alluvial plain, where the Dalmaj lake surrounds the area to the west, and to the north, the Tigris River runs towards the east, this area is very fertile, and the agricultural reforms covered it after the 1958 revolution.
Some sites located in the area represent several eras of the ancient history of Iraq. These archaeological sites appear through the satellite imagery densely and in different areas, including sites of small, medium, and large areas, And the area’s sites are a subject to constant controversy among archaeologists, as many of the cuneiform texts that smuggled into Outside are mentioning names of cities that had important roles in the Mesopotamian civilization. Some researchers believe that this study area’s archaeological sites are the same mentioned cities in the smuggled cuneiform texts.
There remains another issue, which is the irrigation operations in the study area and older riverbeds and their bifurcations, so until now the ancient Tigris River course has not been definitively determined. In addition, satellite imagery and old maps have not enabled researchers to determine the channel that feeds the Tell Al-Wilayah site with water during antiquity.
To complete the study we relied on office work and field investigation as a research methodology. We have collected data and assistive equipment related to the survey. In addition, we must obtain digital elevation maps and cadastral maps before going to the site. And seeing satellite imagery and aerial photos and understanding the interpretations of the visual elements of the satellite imagery is important Likewise in the field survey, after that, we had been to the study area to inspect the study sites after identifying the archaeological sites and their coordinates. We have taken samples from the archaeological sites such as pottery, pieces of glass, coins, sealed bricks, and stone pieces, as well as documenting the sites with photographic images, then cleaning these Samples and classifying, and photographing them.
We have viewed the previous studies of the study area. And we looked at all the related settlement patterns even outside the study area, because they include one methodology for tracking settlement patterns and their distributions. In addition, we tried to identify the studies that targeted the old rivers and channels in the study area and the small and partial surveys, as well as we viewed Tell Al-Wilayah and Tulul Al-Baqarat excavations sites reports, all of this is important to understand what was happening in this important area, which included many important sites.
The research has divided into three chapters; the first chapter discussed the study of Tell Al-Wilayah area environmental and natural landscape and it has divided into three sections, the first topic discussed Tell Al-Wilayah’s location and designation, the second topic discussed the climate and topography, and we studied in the third topic the natural resources in the study area.
The second chapter discussed an important topic, and it took the research title, which is the settlement patterns in an area around Tell Al-Wilayah. The first topic dealt with the importance and the techniques of the archaeological survey, the
second topic dealt with the previous studies in the area, and the third topic dealt with settlement patterns in the study area. As we distribute the settlement patterns to historical times, according to data and captures from the study area.
In the third chapter, we dealt with the results of the field survey. This chapter has divided into two sections. The first section dealt with a list of archaeological sites discovered by the archaeological survey, while the second section dealt with the surface captures, such as pottery, cuneiform inscriptions, brick tiles, metals and jewellery, stones, and door hooks
Papers by Aqeel Al Mansrawi
Survey and Documentation of Endangered Archaeological Sites in Dhi Qar Province, Southern Iraq, 2020
This paper aims to identify the endangered archaeological
sites in the Dhi Qar Province, southern... more This paper aims to identify the endangered archaeological
sites in the Dhi Qar Province, southern Iraq and to
assess the type and intensity of the threats they face. Much
of the province has been intensively surveyed using remote
sensing and ground-based methods. Sites and potential
threats were identified using modern high-resolution satellite
imagery and declassified Corona space photography.
This was complemented through the ground-based assessment
and documentation of threats. A full condition and
risk assessment for 90 endangered sites has been carried
out across the study area. Dhi Qar’s archaeology faces five
major threats: dune movements; flooding; looting; development;
and agricultural activity. This research has alerted
the relevant authorities and the general public to the
irreversible damage done to these sites, the challenges they
face in the future, and the immediate actions that must be
taken to safeguard them.
Sumer 66, 2020
This paper aims to identify the endangered archaeolog�ical sites in the Dhi Qar Province, souther... more This paper aims to identify the endangered archaeolog�ical sites in the Dhi Qar Province, southern Iraq and to
assess the type and intensity of the threats they face. Much
of the province has been intensively surveyed using remote
sensing and ground-based methods. Sites and potential
threats were identified using modern high-resolution sat�ellite imagery and declassified Corona space photography.
This was complemented through the ground-based assess�ment and documentation of threats. A full condition and
risk assessment for 90 endangered sites has been carried
out across the study area. Dhi Qar’s archaeology faces five
major threats: dune movements; flooding; looting; devel�opment; and agricultural activity. This research has alert�ed the relevant authorities and the general public to the
irreversible damage done to these sites, the challenges they
face in the future, and the immediate actions that must be
taken to safeguard them
Books by Aqeel Al Mansrawi
المسح الاثري وانماط الاستيطان دراسة تطبيقية , 2022
تعد دراسة المسح الأثري من الدراسات المهمة في حقل الآثار ، فهو يساعد على فهم الظروف التي أدت إلى ا... more تعد دراسة المسح الأثري من الدراسات المهمة في حقل الآثار ، فهو يساعد على فهم الظروف التي أدت إلى التوزيعات المكانية وماهي المحددات التي تشكلت منها أنماط الاستيطان المختلفة ، وماهي أسباب التباين والإختلاف بالأحجام بين المواقع الأثرية في نفس المنطقة، أدخل علماء الاثار الكثيرً من التقنيات والبرامج الحديثة كتقنيات الاستشعار عن بعد وبرامج نظم المعلومات الجغرافية ، فضلاً عن استخدام الطائرات بدون طيار ( Drone ) ، تعطي هذه التقنيات نتائج ممتازة للغاية ، ولأنّ موضوع المسح الحقلي والتقنيات الخاصة به بدأت تدخل الى حقل البحث العلمي في العراق ، ومع قلة في المناهج العربية التي تخص المسح الحقلي وتقنياته ، حاولنا في هذا الكتاب المتواضع ارشاد الباحثين الى أهم التقنيات والبرامج التي تساعدهم في إتمام عمليات المسح.
Conference Presentations by Aqeel Al Mansrawi
Conference of BANEA 2024 , 2024
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Thesis Chapters by Aqeel Al Mansrawi
Robert Adams, who surveyed many areas in Iraq, recorded this area as a limited survey area because the previous archaeological survey did not cover it; on the other hand, it is under the threat of intensive agricultural activities. All this led us to perform a field survey trying to illustrate this area’s ambiguities.
The survey area covers a (1087 km2), And it contains a different environment within the alluvial plain, where the Dalmaj lake surrounds the area to the west, and to the north, the Tigris River runs towards the east, this area is very fertile, and the agricultural reforms covered it after the 1958 revolution.
Some sites located in the area represent several eras of the ancient history of Iraq. These archaeological sites appear through the satellite imagery densely and in different areas, including sites of small, medium, and large areas, And the area’s sites are a subject to constant controversy among archaeologists, as many of the cuneiform texts that smuggled into Outside are mentioning names of cities that had important roles in the Mesopotamian civilization. Some researchers believe that this study area’s archaeological sites are the same mentioned cities in the smuggled cuneiform texts.
There remains another issue, which is the irrigation operations in the study area and older riverbeds and their bifurcations, so until now the ancient Tigris River course has not been definitively determined. In addition, satellite imagery and old maps have not enabled researchers to determine the channel that feeds the Tell Al-Wilayah site with water during antiquity.
To complete the study we relied on office work and field investigation as a research methodology. We have collected data and assistive equipment related to the survey. In addition, we must obtain digital elevation maps and cadastral maps before going to the site. And seeing satellite imagery and aerial photos and understanding the interpretations of the visual elements of the satellite imagery is important Likewise in the field survey, after that, we had been to the study area to inspect the study sites after identifying the archaeological sites and their coordinates. We have taken samples from the archaeological sites such as pottery, pieces of glass, coins, sealed bricks, and stone pieces, as well as documenting the sites with photographic images, then cleaning these Samples and classifying, and photographing them.
We have viewed the previous studies of the study area. And we looked at all the related settlement patterns even outside the study area, because they include one methodology for tracking settlement patterns and their distributions. In addition, we tried to identify the studies that targeted the old rivers and channels in the study area and the small and partial surveys, as well as we viewed Tell Al-Wilayah and Tulul Al-Baqarat excavations sites reports, all of this is important to understand what was happening in this important area, which included many important sites.
The research has divided into three chapters; the first chapter discussed the study of Tell Al-Wilayah area environmental and natural landscape and it has divided into three sections, the first topic discussed Tell Al-Wilayah’s location and designation, the second topic discussed the climate and topography, and we studied in the third topic the natural resources in the study area.
The second chapter discussed an important topic, and it took the research title, which is the settlement patterns in an area around Tell Al-Wilayah. The first topic dealt with the importance and the techniques of the archaeological survey, the
second topic dealt with the previous studies in the area, and the third topic dealt with settlement patterns in the study area. As we distribute the settlement patterns to historical times, according to data and captures from the study area.
In the third chapter, we dealt with the results of the field survey. This chapter has divided into two sections. The first section dealt with a list of archaeological sites discovered by the archaeological survey, while the second section dealt with the surface captures, such as pottery, cuneiform inscriptions, brick tiles, metals and jewellery, stones, and door hooks
Papers by Aqeel Al Mansrawi
sites in the Dhi Qar Province, southern Iraq and to
assess the type and intensity of the threats they face. Much
of the province has been intensively surveyed using remote
sensing and ground-based methods. Sites and potential
threats were identified using modern high-resolution satellite
imagery and declassified Corona space photography.
This was complemented through the ground-based assessment
and documentation of threats. A full condition and
risk assessment for 90 endangered sites has been carried
out across the study area. Dhi Qar’s archaeology faces five
major threats: dune movements; flooding; looting; development;
and agricultural activity. This research has alerted
the relevant authorities and the general public to the
irreversible damage done to these sites, the challenges they
face in the future, and the immediate actions that must be
taken to safeguard them.
assess the type and intensity of the threats they face. Much
of the province has been intensively surveyed using remote
sensing and ground-based methods. Sites and potential
threats were identified using modern high-resolution sat�ellite imagery and declassified Corona space photography.
This was complemented through the ground-based assess�ment and documentation of threats. A full condition and
risk assessment for 90 endangered sites has been carried
out across the study area. Dhi Qar’s archaeology faces five
major threats: dune movements; flooding; looting; devel�opment; and agricultural activity. This research has alert�ed the relevant authorities and the general public to the
irreversible damage done to these sites, the challenges they
face in the future, and the immediate actions that must be
taken to safeguard them
Books by Aqeel Al Mansrawi
Conference Presentations by Aqeel Al Mansrawi
Robert Adams, who surveyed many areas in Iraq, recorded this area as a limited survey area because the previous archaeological survey did not cover it; on the other hand, it is under the threat of intensive agricultural activities. All this led us to perform a field survey trying to illustrate this area’s ambiguities.
The survey area covers a (1087 km2), And it contains a different environment within the alluvial plain, where the Dalmaj lake surrounds the area to the west, and to the north, the Tigris River runs towards the east, this area is very fertile, and the agricultural reforms covered it after the 1958 revolution.
Some sites located in the area represent several eras of the ancient history of Iraq. These archaeological sites appear through the satellite imagery densely and in different areas, including sites of small, medium, and large areas, And the area’s sites are a subject to constant controversy among archaeologists, as many of the cuneiform texts that smuggled into Outside are mentioning names of cities that had important roles in the Mesopotamian civilization. Some researchers believe that this study area’s archaeological sites are the same mentioned cities in the smuggled cuneiform texts.
There remains another issue, which is the irrigation operations in the study area and older riverbeds and their bifurcations, so until now the ancient Tigris River course has not been definitively determined. In addition, satellite imagery and old maps have not enabled researchers to determine the channel that feeds the Tell Al-Wilayah site with water during antiquity.
To complete the study we relied on office work and field investigation as a research methodology. We have collected data and assistive equipment related to the survey. In addition, we must obtain digital elevation maps and cadastral maps before going to the site. And seeing satellite imagery and aerial photos and understanding the interpretations of the visual elements of the satellite imagery is important Likewise in the field survey, after that, we had been to the study area to inspect the study sites after identifying the archaeological sites and their coordinates. We have taken samples from the archaeological sites such as pottery, pieces of glass, coins, sealed bricks, and stone pieces, as well as documenting the sites with photographic images, then cleaning these Samples and classifying, and photographing them.
We have viewed the previous studies of the study area. And we looked at all the related settlement patterns even outside the study area, because they include one methodology for tracking settlement patterns and their distributions. In addition, we tried to identify the studies that targeted the old rivers and channels in the study area and the small and partial surveys, as well as we viewed Tell Al-Wilayah and Tulul Al-Baqarat excavations sites reports, all of this is important to understand what was happening in this important area, which included many important sites.
The research has divided into three chapters; the first chapter discussed the study of Tell Al-Wilayah area environmental and natural landscape and it has divided into three sections, the first topic discussed Tell Al-Wilayah’s location and designation, the second topic discussed the climate and topography, and we studied in the third topic the natural resources in the study area.
The second chapter discussed an important topic, and it took the research title, which is the settlement patterns in an area around Tell Al-Wilayah. The first topic dealt with the importance and the techniques of the archaeological survey, the
second topic dealt with the previous studies in the area, and the third topic dealt with settlement patterns in the study area. As we distribute the settlement patterns to historical times, according to data and captures from the study area.
In the third chapter, we dealt with the results of the field survey. This chapter has divided into two sections. The first section dealt with a list of archaeological sites discovered by the archaeological survey, while the second section dealt with the surface captures, such as pottery, cuneiform inscriptions, brick tiles, metals and jewellery, stones, and door hooks
sites in the Dhi Qar Province, southern Iraq and to
assess the type and intensity of the threats they face. Much
of the province has been intensively surveyed using remote
sensing and ground-based methods. Sites and potential
threats were identified using modern high-resolution satellite
imagery and declassified Corona space photography.
This was complemented through the ground-based assessment
and documentation of threats. A full condition and
risk assessment for 90 endangered sites has been carried
out across the study area. Dhi Qar’s archaeology faces five
major threats: dune movements; flooding; looting; development;
and agricultural activity. This research has alerted
the relevant authorities and the general public to the
irreversible damage done to these sites, the challenges they
face in the future, and the immediate actions that must be
taken to safeguard them.
assess the type and intensity of the threats they face. Much
of the province has been intensively surveyed using remote
sensing and ground-based methods. Sites and potential
threats were identified using modern high-resolution sat�ellite imagery and declassified Corona space photography.
This was complemented through the ground-based assess�ment and documentation of threats. A full condition and
risk assessment for 90 endangered sites has been carried
out across the study area. Dhi Qar’s archaeology faces five
major threats: dune movements; flooding; looting; devel�opment; and agricultural activity. This research has alert�ed the relevant authorities and the general public to the
irreversible damage done to these sites, the challenges they
face in the future, and the immediate actions that must be
taken to safeguard them