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Kristen Hopper's Outputs (24)

Understanding the Form and Timing of Damage to Archaeological Sites During the Syrian Conflict by Combining Evidence From Remote Sensing With Ground Observation (2025)
Journal Article
Almohamad, A., Hopper, K., Deadman, W., Lawrence, D., & Philip, G. (online). Understanding the Form and Timing of Damage to Archaeological Sites During the Syrian Conflict by Combining Evidence From Remote Sensing With Ground Observation. Archaeological Prospection, https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1997

Satellite remote sensing is used widely to monitor damage to archaeological sites in conflict areas, including in Syria. On-the-ground assessments have been fewer in number, and the degree to which remote sensing assessments reflect what is happening... Read More about Understanding the Form and Timing of Damage to Archaeological Sites During the Syrian Conflict by Combining Evidence From Remote Sensing With Ground Observation.

Assessment of the impact of the Syrian conflict on archaeological sites in the Daraa region (2024)
Journal Article
Kassem, A. A., Hopper, K., Ibraheem, I. M., Hajj, H. E., Maier, A., Ali, A. A., & Richter, J. (2024). Assessment of the impact of the Syrian conflict on archaeological sites in the Daraa region. Levant, 56(3), 425-446. https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2024.2420409

To date, the attention of both local and global cultural heritage preservation initiatives in Daraa Province, southern Syria, have focused on the well-known Bosra World Heritage site. A comprehensive investigation of damage to Daraa’s many other arch... Read More about Assessment of the impact of the Syrian conflict on archaeological sites in the Daraa region.

Locating al-Qadisiyyah: Mapping Iraq's most famous early Islamic conquest site (2024)
Journal Article
Deadman, W. M., Jotheri, J., Hopper, K., Almayali, R., al-Luhaibi, A. A., & Crane, A. (2025). Locating al-Qadisiyyah: Mapping Iraq's most famous early Islamic conquest site. Antiquity, 99(403), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.185

The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah (c. AD 637/8) was a crucial victory by the Arab Muslims over the forces of the Sasanian Empire during the early Islamic conquests. Analysis of satellite imagery of south-west Iraq has now revealed the likely location of th... Read More about Locating al-Qadisiyyah: Mapping Iraq's most famous early Islamic conquest site.

The kurgans of the Alazani Valley in Eastern Georgia: A new assessment via remote sensing and targeted field survey (2024)
Journal Article
Fiori, S., Hopper, K., Rova, E., & Kvavadze, D. (2024). The kurgans of the Alazani Valley in Eastern Georgia: A new assessment via remote sensing and targeted field survey. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 57, Article 104659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104659

This paper presents the results of a landscape archaeological investigation conducted on the kurgans in the Alazani Valley, Eastern Georgia. Recognized for its remarkable kurgans, some exceeding 100 m in diameter, this region emerges as a pivotal are... Read More about The kurgans of the Alazani Valley in Eastern Georgia: A new assessment via remote sensing and targeted field survey.

Kurgans, Churches and Karvasla: Preliminary results from the first two seasons of the Lagodekhi Archaeological Survey, Georgia (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hopper, K., Rova, E., & Kvavadze, D. (2021, April). Kurgans, Churches and Karvasla: Preliminary results from the first two seasons of the Lagodekhi Archaeological Survey, Georgia. Presented at 12th International Congress on the Archeology of the Ancient Near East, Bologna, Italy

In many parts of the Southern Caucasus, significant changes to the landscape have occurred over the course of the 20th century due to agriculture, development, and other factors. Lagodekhi Municipality, an area of ca 900km2 at the eastern limit of Ge... Read More about Kurgans, Churches and Karvasla: Preliminary results from the first two seasons of the Lagodekhi Archaeological Survey, Georgia.

The impact of the Syrian conflict on archaeological sites in Al-Hasakah province (2022)
Journal Article
Mamo, A. R., Ibraheem, I. M., Al Kassem, A., Al-Khalil, A., & Hopper, K. (2022). The impact of the Syrian conflict on archaeological sites in Al-Hasakah province. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 43, Article 103486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103486

This article assesses the impact of the Syrian conflict on archaeological sites in Al-Hasakah Governorate through a detailed analysis of satellite images. In total, the condition of 340 archaeological sites were examined on satellite images taken bet... Read More about The impact of the Syrian conflict on archaeological sites in Al-Hasakah province.

Sasanian landscapes of the Gorgan Plain: new insights from remote sensing and field survey (2022)
Book Chapter
Hopper, K., Omrani Rekavandi, H., Ricci, A., Welton, L., Lawrence, D., & Philip, G. (2022). Sasanian landscapes of the Gorgan Plain: new insights from remote sensing and field survey. In E. Sauer, J. Nokandeh, & H. Omrani Rekavandi (Eds.), Ancient Arms Race: Antiquity's Largest Fortresses and Sasanian Military Networks of Northern Iran: A joint fieldwork project by the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and the University of E. Oxbow Books

Cultural Heritage Destruction during the Islamic State's Genocide against the Yazidis (2021)
Book Chapter
Fobbe, S., Navrouzov, N., Hopper, K., Khudida Burjus, A., Philip, G., Nawaf, M. G., …Mishko, F. (2021). Cultural Heritage Destruction during the Islamic State's Genocide against the Yazidis. In J. Rehman, A. Shahid, & S. Foster (Eds.), The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (111-114). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004466180_006

Discussions of the 2014 genocide committed by the Islámic Státe ágáinst the E zidî s (álso known ás 'Yázidis' or 'Yezidis') háve generálly focused on murder, slávery ánd sexuál exploitátion. In this páper we ánályze the destruction of E zidî tángible... Read More about Cultural Heritage Destruction during the Islamic State's Genocide against the Yazidis.

Potential of deep learning segmentation for the extraction of archaeological features from historical map series (2021)
Journal Article
Garcia-Molsosa, A., Orengo, H. A., Lawrence, D., Philip, G., Hopper, K., & Petrie, C. (2021). Potential of deep learning segmentation for the extraction of archaeological features from historical map series. Archaeological Prospection, 28(2), 187-199. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1807

Historical maps present a unique depiction of past landscapes, providing evidence for a wide range of information such as settlement distribution, past land use, natural resources, transport networks, toponymy and other natural and cultural data with... Read More about Potential of deep learning segmentation for the extraction of archaeological features from historical map series.

Appendix III. Investigations of ancient canal systems in central and eastern Georgia (2020)
Book Chapter
Hopper, K., Lawrence, D., Pitskhelauri, K., & Philip, G. (2020). Appendix III. Investigations of ancient canal systems in central and eastern Georgia. In E. Sauer, L. Chologauri, A. Gabunia, K. Hopper, D. Lawrence, E. MacDonald, …et al. (Eds.), Dariali: the Caspian Gates' in the Caucasus from Antiquity to the Age of the Huns and the Middle Ages. The joint Georgian-British Dariali Gorge excavations & surveys 2013-2016 (937-954). Oxbow Books

Landscape investigations in the Dariali Pass, Georgia (2020)
Book Chapter
Hopper, K., Lawrence, D., Snape-Kennedy, L., Chologauri, L., Priestman, S., Pitskelauri, K., & Philip, G. (2020). Landscape investigations in the Dariali Pass, Georgia. In E. Sauer, L. Chologauri, A. Gabunia, K. Hopper, D. Lawrence, E. MacDonald, …A. E. A. Tiliakou (Eds.), Dariali: the Caspian Gates' in the Caucasus from Antiquity to the Age of the Huns and the Middle Ages. The joint Georgian-British Dariali Gorge excavations & surveys 2013-2016 (303-412). Oxbow Books

Landscape Archaeology in Southern Caucasia: An Introduction (2018)
Book Chapter
Hopper, K., Anderson, W., & Robinson, A. (2018). Landscape Archaeology in Southern Caucasia: An Introduction. In W. Anderson, K. Hopper, & A. Robinson (Eds.), Landscape archaeology in Southern Caucasia : finding common ground in diverse environments. Workshop held at 10th ICAANE in Vienna, April 2016 (11-22). Austrian Academy of Sciences

The Qanāt: a multidisciplinary and diachronic approach to the study of groundwater catchment systems in archaeology (2018)
Journal Article
Charbonnier, J., & Hopper, K. (2018). The Qanāt: a multidisciplinary and diachronic approach to the study of groundwater catchment systems in archaeology. Water History, 10(1), 3-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12685-018-0214-9

The qanāt, as a traditional, low-cost, sustainable, water distribution system, was fundamental for the settlement of arid environments. This brief introduction to the special issue “The Qanāt: Archaeology and Environment” presents an overview of a wo... Read More about The Qanāt: a multidisciplinary and diachronic approach to the study of groundwater catchment systems in archaeology.

Surface Structures at Ad-Dariz South (2016)
Book Chapter
Hopper, K., & Kondo, Y. (2016). Surface Structures at Ad-Dariz South. In C. P. Thornton, C. M. Cable, & G. L. Possehl (Eds.), The Bronze Age Towers at Bat, Sultanate of Oman: Research by the Bat Archaeological Project 2007-12 (155-168). University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Philadelphia. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2t4ct6.13