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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. (2023). Kurgans, Churches and Karvasla: Preliminary results from the first two seasons of the Lagodekhi Archaeological Survey, Georgia. In N. Marchetti, F. Cavaliere, E. Cirelli, C. D'Orazio, G. Giacosa, M. Guidetti, & E. Mariani (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on the Archeology of the Ancient Near East. https://doi.org/10.13173/9783447118736

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.

Fortifications and the Defensive Landscapes of Kalat (North-Eastern Iran) (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Labbaf-Khaniki, M., Hopper, K., & Sauer, E. (2020). Fortifications and the Defensive Landscapes of Kalat (North-Eastern Iran). In A. Otto, M. Herles, & K. Kaniuth (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East Volume 2: Field Reports

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

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 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

Landscape evolution and agro-sylvo-pastoral activities on the Gorgan Plain (NE Iran)in the last 6000 years (2016)
Journal Article
Shumilovskikh, L. S., Hopper, K., Djamali, M., Ponel, P., Demory, F., Rostek, F., Tachikawa, K., Bittmann, F., Golyeva, A., Guibal, F., Talon, B., Wang, L.-C., Nezamabadi, M., Bard, E., Lahijani, H., Nokandeh, J., Rekavandi, H. O., de Beaulieu, J.-L., Sauer, E., & Andrieu-Ponel, V. (2016). Landscape evolution and agro-sylvo-pastoral activities on the Gorgan Plain (NE Iran)in the last 6000 years. Holocene, 26(10 : special issue), 1676 - 1691. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683616646841

The Gorgan Plain (NE Iran) is characterized by fertile soils formed on a loess plateau and is at present primarily exploited for intensive agriculture. However, the timing and intensity of the human impact on the landscape in the past are still uncle... Read More about Landscape evolution and agro-sylvo-pastoral activities on the Gorgan Plain (NE Iran)in the last 6000 years.

Northern outpost of the Caliphate: maintaining military forces in a hostile environment (the Dariali Gorge in the Central Caucasus in Georgia) (2015)
Journal Article
Sauer, E., Pitskhelauri, K., Hopper, K., Tiliakou, A., Pickard, C., Lawrence, D., …Shupe, C. (2015). Northern outpost of the Caliphate: maintaining military forces in a hostile environment (the Dariali Gorge in the Central Caucasus in Georgia). Antiquity, 89(346), 885-904. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2015.80

The strategic significance of the Dariali Gorge, the main pass across the central Caucasus, has long been recognised. It forms a border today as it has done for much of the past 2000 years. But how was an effective military force sustained in an isol... Read More about Northern outpost of the Caliphate: maintaining military forces in a hostile environment (the Dariali Gorge in the Central Caucasus in Georgia).

Population and Settlement Trends in Southwest Iran and Neighbouring Areas (2013)
Book Chapter
Hopper, K., & Wilkinson, T. (2013). Population and Settlement Trends in Southwest Iran and Neighbouring Areas. In C. Petrie (Ed.), Ancient Iran and its Neighbours: Local developments and long-range interactions in the fourth millennium BC (35-50). British Institute of Persian Studies Archaeological Monographs Series. Oxbow Books

The Landscapes of the Gorgān Wall. (2013)
Book Chapter
Wilkinson, T. J., Rekavandi, H. O., Hopper, K., Priestman, S., Roustaei, K., & Galiatsatos, N. (2013). The Landscapes of the Gorgān Wall. In H. O. W. Rekavandi, J. S. Tony J. Nokandeh, & W. Eberhard (Eds.), Persia's Imperial Power in Late Antiquity: The Great Wall of Gorgan and the Frontier Landscapes of Sasanian Iran (24-132). Oxbow Books