Kristen Hopper's Outputs (3)

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.