Revisiting the Sealands: Report of Preliminary Ground Reconnaissance in the Hammar District, Dhi Qar and Basra Governorates, Iraq

Iraq ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 37-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Hritz ◽  
Jennifer Pournelle ◽  
Jennifer Smith
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Physical Anthropology ◽  
Sociopolitical Complexity ◽  
Archaeological Investigation ◽  
Complementary Resources ◽  
National Science ◽  
Risk Research ◽  
Economic Foundations ◽  
Southern Iraq

The flourit of early Sumerian civilization in southern Iraq marked a degree of economic differentiation, sociopolitical complexity, and urbanization previously unseen in the ancient world. This article reports the results of recent geo-archaeological investigation of three complementary resources in southern Mesopotamia that are thought to have offered an ecological advantage, thus laying the economic foundations for these developments: (1) expansive irrigable plains; (2) vast pasture lands; and (3) the littoral resources of levee back swamps/deltaic marshes. Focusing on the area of the Hawr al-Hammar marshes, the authors conducted preliminary archaeological, geological and landscape investigation over the course of 18 days in the autumn of 2010, funded by a U.S. National Science Foundation High Risk Research in Physical Anthropology and Archaeology grant.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF A NEARSHORE EXTREME EVENTS RECONNAISSANCE COMMUNITY

2020 ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Britt Raubenheimer
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Extreme Events ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Data Distribution ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
National Network ◽  
Land System ◽  
National Science ◽  
The U.S

Extreme events have significant impacts on the nearshore water-land system - where ocean, sound, and estuary processes interact with the nearby land - that pose high risk to society. Observations before, during, and after these events are critical to improve understanding of the interactions and feedbacks among the natural and built environments during major storms, and the corresponding human actions and reactions. The goal of the Nearshore Extreme Events Reconnaissance (NEER) Association is to organize and coordinate a national network of scientists spanning many disciplines to perform rapid, pre-and post-event site characterization, to deploy instruments to observe event processes, and to gather virtual data about the event and provide support to field teams. This presentation provides information about NEER's motivation, event-response and coordination activities, data-distribution plans, and lessons learned to date. Funding for NEER is provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation Coastlines and People Program.Recorded Presentation from the vICCE (YouTube Link): https://youtu.be/9I9Z3OLGszU

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