Archaeological Site Dataset for the Jazira Region of Syria
Archaeological Site Dataset for the Jezireh Region of Syria
This archaeological dataset complements 13 other datasets as part of a study that compared ancient settlement patterns with modern environmental conditions in the Jazira region of Syria. This study examined settlement distribution and density patterns over the past five millennia using archaeological survey reports and French 1930s 1:200,000 scale maps to locate and map archaeological sites. An archaeological site dataset was created and compared to and modelled with soil, geology, terrain (contour), surface and subsurface hydrology and normal and dry year precipitation pattern datasets; there are also three spreadsheet datasets providing 1963 precipitation and temperature readings collected at three locations in the region. The environmental datasets were created to account for ancient and modern population subsistence activities, which comprise barley and wheat farming and livestock grazing. These environmental datasets were subsequently modelled with the archaeological site dataset, as well as, land use and population density datasets for the Jazira region. Ancient trade routes were also mapped and factored into the model, and a comparison was made to ascertain if there was a correlation between ancient and modern settlement patterns and environmental conditions; the latter influencing subsistence activities. This archaeological dataset was generated to show settlement distribution patterns in the Jazira region of Syria. The sites were mapped using publications of surveys conducted and the French 1:200,000 maps. The French maps include the identification of sites using toponyms called 'Tells'. The temporal extent of the archaeological sites in this dataset span from the Neolithic to Islamic periods of Syria. The extent of the archaeological site dataset comprises an area within the Syrian Jazira, which lies between the Syrian and Turkish border in the north; the Syrian and Iraqi border to the east, including the River Tigris; and to the River Euphrates to the south and west. All related data collected was confined within this area with the exception of this archaeological dataset. Archaeological sites were identified and mapped along both banks of the River Euphrates. There are 1,694 archaeological associated with this dataset.
dataset
http://www.sharegeo.ac.uk/handle/10672/24
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eng
WGS84
WGS84
French Levant Map Series (1:200,000) for Syrie (Syria). Projected to Lambert grid. These are colour maps measuring to 69 x 59 cm in size. The dataset was created from the following sheet numbers and titles: 1) NI-37 XVII, Abou Kemal 2) NI-37 XVIII, Ana 3) NI-37 XXI, Ressafe 4) NI-37 XXII, Raqqa 5) NI-37 XXIII, Deir ez Zoir 6) NI-37 XXIV, Bouara 7) NI-37-III, Djerablous 8) NJ-37 IV, Toual Aaba 9) NJ-37 V, Hassetche 10) NJ-37 VI, Qamishliye-Sinjar 11) (No sheet number), Qaratchok-Darh Dressépar la Service Géographique des F.F.L. en 1945 Réimprimé par l'Institut Géographique National en 1950 (Originally produced by this Geographic Service of the F.F.L. (Forces Francaises Libres) in 1945 and reprinted by the National Geographic Institute in 1950). Paris: France. Institut Geographique National, 1945-1950. Original map series might be traced to Beirut: Bureau Topographique des Troupe francaises du Levant, 1933-1938. Archaeological dataset presented in context in the following publication: Thesis M 2001 MATH, Ohio University Mathys, Antone J 'A GIS comparative analysis of bronze age settlement patterns and the contemporary physical landscape in the Jazira Region of Syria'. ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE DATASET Double parentheses connotes attribute categories. ((Attribute Name)) ((Attribute Description)) ((Attribute Type)) (ID/ Survey ID Number/ Number) (SiteNumber/ Arbitrary GIS Site Number/ Number); (Prename/ Prefix Name of Site/ String); (Name/ Name of Site/ String); (Sufname/ Suffix Name of Site/ String); (Surveyed/ Was Site Surveyed?/ Boolean (T/F)); (Toponym/ Toponym Suggests a Site/ Boolean (T/F)); (Surveyor/ Surveyor Who Found Site/ String); (Year_surve/ Year Site Was Surveyed/ Date); (Excavator/ Name of Site Excavator/ String); (Diameter/ Site Diameter (in Metres)/ Number); (Width_m/ Site Width (in Metres)/ Number); (Length_m/ Site Length (in Metres)/ Number); (Height_m/ Site Height (in Metres)/ Number); (Area_ha/ Site Area (in Hectares)/ Number); (Clusters/ Clusters of Sites Around Main Site/ Boolean (T/F)); (Cluster_nu/ Number of Sites in the Cluster/ Number); (Neol/ Neolithic Period Occupation/ Boolean (T/F)); (Chalc/ Chalcolithic Period Occupation/ Boolean (T/F)); (EB/ Early Bronze Age Occupation/ Boolean (T/F)); (MB/ Middle Bronze Age Occupation/ Boolean (T/F)); (LB/ Late Bronze Age Occupation / Boolean (T/F)); (Bronze/ Bronze Age Occupation/ Boolean (T/F)); (Iron/ Iron Age Occupation/ Boolean (T/F)); (Classical/ Classical Age Occupation/ Boolean (T/F)); (Parthian/ Parthian Age Occupation/ Boolean (T/F)); (Islamic/ Islamic Age Occupation/ Boolean (T/F)); (Primary_de/ Primary Occupation Period at Site/ String) (Ancient_na/ Ancient Name of the Site/ String)
society
human settlements
archaeology
archaeological site
urbanisation
geographic information system
modelling
revision
2010-01-13
38.00
42.42
37.35
34.40
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1520
publication
2001-06-01
notPlanned
Derived from 1:200,000 French maps comprising the 1:200,000 French Levant Map Series sheets (Further Information element in this metadata record provides list of sheets). Data also extracted from numerous archaeological survey reports and publications dating back to the 1930s.
ArcView Shapefile *.shp
8.3
Permission must be obtained prior to using this dataset. Dataset user can make personal copies of any part of this dataset only for the purposes of not-for-profit research or teaching or personal educational development. Acknowledgement or citation must be included if dataset (wholly or in part) appears in any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast. Please send to the dataset distributor the bibliographic details of any published work(s) which include the dataset.
Permission must be obtained prior to using this dataset. Dataset user can make personal copies of any part of this dataset only for the purposes of not-for-profit research or teaching or personal educational development. Acknowledgement or citation must be included if dataset (wholly or in part) appears in any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast. Please send to the dataset distributor the bibliographic details of any published work(s) which include the dataset.
Tony Mathys
distributor
Tony Mathys
University of Edinburgh Causewayside House 160 Causewayside
Edinburgh
EH9 1PR
Scotland
44 0131 651 1443
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pointOfContact
2013-04-24