The Autonomous Region of #Kurdistan in northern #Iraq is an important study area for research into the #humanpast. Since 2021, a Kurdish-Norwegian-German project has been investigating prehistoric settlement dynamics in the district of Soran: https://www.cluster-roots.uni-kiel.de/en/fieldwork-and-activities/fieldwork-and-activities-archive/gird-i-dasht-a-deep-late-chalcolithic-stratigraphy Now a new a four-week excavation campaign is about to start. Follow #FromMoundtoCave for updates directly from the team.

#archaeology #UniStavanger #UniKiel #SoranUniversity @archaeodons
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