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Department of Archaeology

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Publication details for Professor Tony Wilkinson

Hritz, C. & Wilkinson, T.J. (2006). Using Shuttle Radar Topography to map ancient water channels in Mesopotamia. Antiquity 80(308): 415-424.
  • Publication type: Journal papers: academic
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0003 598X
  • Keywords: Mesopotamia, Bronze Age, Sasanian, Irrigation, Digital mapping
  • View online: Online version
  • Durham research online: DRO record

Author(s) from Durham

Abstract

The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) is currently producing a digital elevation model of most of the world's surface. Here the authors assess its value in mapping and sequencing the network of water channels that provided the arterial system for Mesopotamia before the petrol engine.