scholarly journals Below the Mosul Dam Lake. Geomorphological reconstruction of historical fluvial pattern of the Tigris River 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Forti ◽  
Andrea Pezzotta ◽  
Eleonora Regattieri ◽  
Guido Stefano Mariani ◽  
Filippo Brandolini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Storage ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Landsat Data ◽  
Kurdistan Region ◽  
Dam Reservoir ◽  
Geomorphological Mapping ◽  
Tigris River ◽  
Historical Images ◽  
Channel Belt ◽  
The Village

<p>Located along the Tigris River in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), the Mosul Dam reservoir is the second biggest dam of the Near East, and represents an important water storage for local human activities. The Dam was built between 1981 and 1988 north of the village of Eski Mosul; along this part of the Tigris River several archaeological sites were inundated. Analysis of historical images derived from Declassified Corona satellite acquired between December 1967 and August 1968 reveals seasonal changes of the Tigris riverbed, shifting across the hydrological year from meandering to anastomosing. The geomorphological mapping was carried out on the December 1967 and. in August 1968, Corona images were taken, in order to estimate the modification of several fluvial geomorphological elements such as floodplain and point, middle and longitudinal bars. Here, such evidence is compared with Landsat data collected between the 1990ies and today, in order to detect the first phases of filling of the basin and the control of inherited Tigris channel belt over the reservoir. Moreover, we also noticed an influence of the ancient Tigris course on is recent insertion into the lake. Our work permitted to reconstruct the ancient fluvial landscape below the Mosul Dam Lake, and its evolution in response to seasonal variation of the discharge.</p>

Estimation of lakes water storage and their changes on the northwestern Tibetan Plateau based on bathymetric and Landsat data and driving force analyses

2017 ◽  
Vol 454 ◽  
pp. 56-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baojin Qiao ◽  
Liping Zhu ◽  
Junbo Wang ◽  
Jianting Ju ◽  
Qingfeng Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Landsat Data

scholarly journals EXCAVATIONS OF KASTYKI BARROW CEMETERY IN THE VILIYA UPPER REACHES IN 1973

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-132
Author(s):  
M. A. Plavinski ◽  
M. I. Stsiapanava
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Burial Mound ◽  
Neolithic Period ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
The West ◽  
Burial Rites ◽  
Burial Mounds ◽  
New Research ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Village

The complex of archaeological monuments near the village Kastyki of the Viliejka district of the Minsk region consists of an Old Rus’ barrow cemetery and an open settlement, which functioned from the late Neolithic period to the third quarter of the 1st millennium AD. The complex of archaeological sites under the question is located in the eastern part of the village Kastyki in the upper reaches of the Vilija, on its right bank, 2.5 km from the confluence of the Servač River into Vilija River. For the first time, studies at Kastyki were carried out by K. Tyszkiewicz in 1856, when he excavated here one partially destroyed mound, containing neither traces of burial nor burial goods. In 1973, J. Zviaruha conducted a study of the barrow cemetery in Kastyki and excavated here 7 burial mounds. This article is devoted to the publication of materials from the Kastyki barrow cemetery, which took place in 1973 under the direction of J. Zviaruha. The focus is on rethinking the results of the 1973 excavations in the light of new research conducted in 2016 and 2018. The analysis of materials from the excavation of the burial mound, carried out in 1973, suggests that the necropolis functioned during the middle of the 11th—12th centuries. It belonged to a group of residents of the Polatsk land, who made burials according to the rites of inhumation on the basis of burial mounds, with their heads directed to the west. This, in turn, suggests that the members of the Old Rus’ community, which left the necropolis in Kastyki, had a certain understanding of the Christian burial rites.

scholarly journals The Effect of Purification Units for Drinking Water Spread in Al-Alam and Al-Bu Ajil on Heavy Metals

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amjad Abdel-Latif Ahmed Alluhaiby ◽  
Saadat Mustafa ◽  
Shaima Fateh
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Heavy Elements ◽  
Treatment Unit ◽  
Tigris River ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Replacement Process ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Village ◽  
Water Spread

The current study was carried out on the treatment and treatment units located in the district of Al-Alam and the village of Al-Bu Ajil, which are located near the Tigris River, with two stations for each region for the period from September 2020 to February 2021, as two samples were collected for each treatment unit by a sample before treatment and a sample after treatment. Iron values ??ranged between (0-0.9) mg / liter before and after treatment, and they ranged between (0-0.05) mg / liter, and zinc values ??were recorded values ??ranging between (0-0.9) mg / liter. Before treatment and after treatment, it ranged between (0-0.05) mg / liter, while the aluminum values ??were relatively few, as values ??ranged between (0.03_0) mg / liter. As for the values ??after treatment, they were (0) mg / liter. Cadmium values ??were between (0,1_0) mg / liter. In the samples after treatment also, all values ??were (0) mg / liter in all stations, and the nickel values ??ranged between (0,9_0) mg / liter in the samples before treatment and after treatment. The values ??were all (0) mg / liter in both stations, and the copper values ??were very low in the mentioned areas, as values ??ranged between (0.1_0) mg / liter before treatment and after treatment, the values ??were (0) mg / liter. In both stations, the purification plants proved their high efficiency in filtering water from heavy elements, and the samples after treatment were in conformity with the Iraqi standards for drinking water. It is worth noting that the purification plants in the areas of Al-Alam and Al-Bu Ajil need a constant monthly maintenance and a replacement process for the filters as they draw their water from wells.

scholarly journals Archaeological Research in Pskov and Pskov Region in 2016

2018 ◽  
pp. 7-20
Author(s):  
М. И. Кулакова
Keyword(s):  
Research Area ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Pskov Region ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Military Archaeology ◽  
The Village ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town ◽  
Eastern Edge ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

В статье представлен обзор основных направлений деятельности псковских археологов в 2016 году. Охарактеризованы основные аспекты работ, направленных на сохранение археологических памятников, расположенных на территории Пскова и Псковской области. Площадь археологических раскопок в городе Пскове составляла более 5000 кв. м (раскопки в Кремле, на Завеличье, в центре города, за пределами крепостных стен на посаде) и в Псковской области (археологические раскопки курганной группы Смоленка недалеко от города Остров, курганная группа на восточной окраине деревни Изборск (Усть-Смолка); археологическая разведка в Новосокольническом районе с целью фиксации поселения Х-Х1 в. Горожане, в Красногородском районе (определение границ могильника возле села Станкеево), в Гдовском районе; по трассе ВЛ-330 «Новосокольники - Талашкино» (Псковская и Смоленская области). Проведено определение границ территории объекта культурного наследия «Культурный слой города Великие Луки». Продолжилась разработка направления «военная археология». The article presents an overview of the main activities of Pskov archaeologists in 2016. The main aspects of the works aimed at preserving archaeological sites located on the territory of Pskov and Pskov region are characterized. The Area of archaeological excavations in the city of Pskov was more than 5000 sq. m. (the excavations in the Kremlin, on Zavelich’e, in the Middle Town, outside the fortress walls on the posad) and in the Pskov region (archaeological excavations of the barrow group Smolenka near the town Ostrov, the barrow group on the eastern edge of the village Izborsk (“Ust-Smolka”); archaeological search in Novosokol’nicheskiy district with the goal of the identification of the X-XIth c. Gopozhane settlement, in Krasnogorodsk district (identificaton of the boundaries of the ground burial near the village Stankeevo), in Gdov district; on the highway VL-330 “Novosokolniki - Talashkino” (Pskov and Smolensk regions territory). The definition of the boundaries of the territory of the object of cultural heritage “Cultural layer of the city of Velikie Luki” was performed. The research area of “military archaeology” was continued.

scholarly journals Sites of archaeology in Ulvivok and its surroundings in the research of Lviv scientists

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 337-361
Author(s):  
Dmytro Pavliv
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Large River ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
History Of ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
The Village

The old village of Ulvivok, located above the Bug River in Sokal district, Lviv region, is extremely rich with archaeological sites. Relief, favourable for living, fertile soils, large river have contributed to appearing of human settlements on this area since ancient times. This fact is witnessed by finds of numerous archaeological artifacts near Ulvivok and discovery of significant archaeological sites – cemeteries and settlements, which have an interesting history of research since the late XIX century and till nowadays, associated with many famous Lviv scientists. An important role in the preservation and study of local archaeological finds was played by Dzieduszycki Museum. The first references to finds from Ulvivok and the surrounding villages – Horodylovychi, Stargorod, Skomorokhy and Telyazh – are found at the works of local historian B. Sokalski and geologist A. Lomnitcki, published in 1899. J. Nykorovych – the owner of the village and amateur archaeologist contributed noticeably preservation and research of sites during XIX – beginning of XX century. The first extensive exploration in Ulvivok in 1923 was conducted by archaeologist and local historian, guardian of the prehistoric monuments of Lviv district B. Janusz, who discovered a tomb of Globular Amphorae culture and part of the burials of the most famous archaeological sites near Ulvivok – inhumation cemetery from the end of Bronze Age of “Ulvivok-Rovantsi type”. The same cemetery was investigated in 1931 by archaeologist T. Sulimirski, who published the results of excavations. Local archaeological finds were studied by famous Ukrainian archaeologist J. Pasternak, J. Bryk, K. Żurowski, J. Dąmbrowski, I. Sveshnikov, L. Krushelnytska. Nowadays, the exploration work was conducted by N. Wojceschuk, surveys in Ulvivok, Horodylovychi, Stargorod and excavation of Early Iron Age site were carried out by D. Pavliv. At least 14 archaeological sites (8 settlements and 6 cemeteries) and about 100 individual finds have been found on the territory of the village and surrounding area. This territory on the western part of Ukraine is extremely rich with archaeological sites of almost all epochs. It is witnessed by the great historical importance of this region and requires continuation of professional archaeological examinations and protective actions for the preservation of archaeological heritage. Key words: Ulvivok, archaeological site, Lviv scientists, Globular Amphorae culture, burial complex of Ulvivok-Rovantsi type.

Археологические памятники у пос. Ергенинский

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-45
Author(s):  
Evgeny G. Burataev ◽  
◽  
Maria A. Ochir-Goryaeva ◽  
Erdni A. Kekeev ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Caucasus Region ◽  
The North ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Bronze Age

Introduction. Due to the nomadic lifestyle of the indigenous population which they practiced up to 1930s and the absence of any noticeable anthropogenic impact on the local environment, most of the archaeological sites located on the territory of the Republic of Kalmykia are characterized by their very well preserved state. However, the area around the village Ergeninskiy (Ketchenerovskiy region, Republic of Kalmykia) is probably one of the few with such a number and variety of archaeological sites. The goal of this article is to introduce the results of the initial recording of the archaeological sites located in the valleys of the rivers Shar Elsin and Kek Buluk around the village Ergeninskiy. Materials and Methods. The mound group of the Catacomb culture to the eastern edge of the village was examined during the excavation works led by V. P. Shilov in 1981–1986 and M. A. Ochir-Goryaeva in 2006–2008. The Bronze Age settlement situated to the west of the village on the bank of the river Shar Elsin was examined in 2010–2012. The nodules of cretaceous flint were found by our archaeological team in the large Kyur Sala ravine to the north of the village Ergeninskiy. It should be noted that such nodules often indicate the probability of nearby existence of the Stone Age and Copper-Stone Age settlements. The exploration works undertaken in the area 15–18 km in length have revealed the six mound groups including 259 mounds. This article also gives the initial information about the previously unknown flat mounds discovered in the steppes. These mounds are similar to the sites of Maikop culture that date back to the Bronze Age era and are widespread in the North Caucasus region. Results. The area around the village Ergeninskiy is characterized by the density and variety of archaeological sites. Thus, the further archaeological research of this microregion has a lot of prospects.

The Siberian Village of Okunevo as a Place of Power and its Sacred Landscape

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-62
Author(s):  
Julia Senina
Keyword(s):  
New Age ◽  
Religious Movements ◽  
New Religious Movements ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Sacred Sites ◽  
Sacred Landscape ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
Sacred Landscapes ◽  
Specific Interpretation ◽  
The Village

Abstract The paper deals with contemporary places of power and New Age sacred landscapes in Russia.* It focuses on the Siberian village of Okunevo, its sacred sites, and their worshippers. Formation of this place of power was a result of the activity of individuals (both academics and adherents of new religious movements), combined with the specific interpretation of archaeological sites and the natural landscape of the area. The landscape around the village of Okunevo affects the interaction of people with the sacred loci and the ways the signs, symbols and narratives about them are created.

A Conceptual Design of a Cable Stayed Bridge with a Curved Back Span

2011 ◽  
Vol 255-260 ◽  
pp. 993-997
Author(s):  
Özgür Avşar ◽  
Alp Caner ◽  
Barbaros Sarici
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Water Body ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Dam Reservoir ◽  
Traffic Demand ◽  
Earthquake Loads ◽  
Cable Stayed Bridge ◽  
Conceptual Design Phase ◽  
Highway Network

The existing Komurhan Bridge was built over the dam reservoir prior to water storage. The aging segmental post-tensioned concrete bridge with two lanes had an active sagging problem at its mid-span. As the traffic demand increased over the years, the authorities decided to add two more lanes to have a twin two-lane road for this part of highway network. Therefore, a need was developed to build a new bridge. Unlike the existing one, the suggested crossing needed to pass 300 meters wide water body with a depth of 45 meters to avoid piers at water body. Couple of alternatives was considered to cross the deep water at conceptual design phase. The focus of this study is given to the conceptual design of a cable-stayed bridge with two towers crossing the water at the narrowest location. This option results in a curved back span at one side of the water. A three-dimensional computer model was developed to assess challenges in design. Special care is given to the design details of the cables and the superstructure. Even if one of the back spans is curved, the proposed conceptual cable-stay bridge design is satisfactory under service and earthquake loads.

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