Using Shuttle Radar Topography to map ancient water channels in Mesopotamia

Hritz, C.; Wilkinson, T.J.

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.

Citation

Hritz, C., & Wilkinson, T. (2006). Using Shuttle Radar Topography to map ancient water channels in Mesopotamia. Antiquity, 80(308), 415-424. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00093728

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2006
• Deposit Date: Aug 10, 2009
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 24, 2011
• Journal: Antiquity
• Print ISSN: 0003-598X
• Electronic ISSN: 1745-1744
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 80
• Issue: 308
• Pages: 415-424
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00093728
• Keywords: Mesopotamia, Bronze Age, Sasanian, Irrigation, Digital mapping.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1569402