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Heritage Destruction in Syria and Northern Iraq

2021
The paper aims at reconstructing the applicable legal framework to the widespread destruction of cultural heritage. At first, a legal classification of the conflict under international humanitarian law is provided, with the aim to identify the applicable law. In the second part of the paper, the problem of heritage destruction in Syria is dealt under a
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The geoarchaeology of route systems in northern Syria

Geoarchaeology, 2010
AbstractLinear valleys, termed hollow ways, form a distinctive feature of the North Syrian Bronze Age landscape, but few have been described in detail or excavated. This paper examines the geoarchaeology of hollow way route systems in northern Syria at three scales of analysis: (1) from satellite imagery, at which scale it is possible to examine ...
Wilkinson, T.J., French, C., Ur, J.A., Semple, M.   +3 more
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Early Holocene cultivation before domestication in northern Syria

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 2007
Charred plant remains from the sites of Tell Qaramel, Jerf el Ahmar, Dja’de and Tell ‘Abr situated in northern Syria and dated to the tenth and ninth millennia cal b.c. demonstrate that a wide variety of wild pulses, cereals, fruits and nuts was exploited. Five lines of evidence suggest that cultivation was practised at three of the sites.
George Willcox, Sandra Fornite, Linda Herveux   +2 more
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Antioch and Northern Syria in the Sixth Century

2022
Abstract This chapter analyses Antioch and northern Syria in the sixth century, the setting for Symeon the Younger’s life and cult. It explores the series of disasters, including earthquakes, plague, and Persian invasion, which hit the city during Symeon’s lifetime.
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Negotiating Gender and Authority in Northern Syria

International Negotiation, 2001
AbstractInsights from Pruitt's dual-concern model are applied to explore the negotiation of authority across cultures through gender-specific behavior within the intercultural setting of an American archaeological excavation in northern Syria. The annually recurring temporary communities created by archaeological excavations in the Middle East offer an
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Water Conflicts in Northern Syria

2017
Water although usually is not considered as the most important fluid in the public view, its importance and staminality can easily be understood during the privation. In today’s world, while some regions have plenty of water, in the other side, some parts are being lack of it.As mentioned above, the importance of water can be
UZUNDUMLU, Sinan, AKYENER, Oğuzhan
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About some animal-shaped “amulets” from Northern Syria

2019
The paper examines a small group of animal-shaped “amulets” that are strongly unitary and apparently attested from the Early Bronze I to the Early Bronze IVB with a marked concentration of evidence from northern Syria. Probably sewn onto textiles, they might have been represented domestic animals.
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Dragonflies from northern Syria

Zoology in the Middle East, 2010
Faez Mousatat, Henri J. Dumont, Mahmod Karrom, Nakwan Mouhamad Ali   +3 more
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Multiple Views on Return Migration to Northern Syria

International Social Science Journal
ABSTRACT Media, humanitarian organisations and host governments have increasingly talked about returning refugees affected by a more than a decade‐long conflict in Syria. However, the northern Syria region does not offer adequate living conditions for return; this region is currently unfit for settlement, and it is impossible to ...
Rafif Idlebi, Hanadi Omaish Abdullah
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Territorial configuration of the dead cities in northern Syria

2014
An urban organism or a settlement network is ‘sustainable’ if its configuration is linked to its territorial structure. It is therefore difficult to propose possible new urban configurations – including those linked to rural or urban agricultural areas – without taking into account an analysis of their relationship with the territorial structure. It is
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