Archaeologists Investigate Iraqi Marshes for Origins of Mesopotamian Cities

Archaeologists Investigate Iraqi Marshes for Origins of Mesopotamian Cities
Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:46:00 -0500

Three National Science Foundation-supported researchers recently undertook the first non-Iraqi archaeological investigation of the Tigris-Euphrates delta in nearly 20 years. Archeologists Jennifer Pournelle and Carrie Hritz, with geologist Jennifer Smith, carried out the study late last year to look for links between wetland resources and the emergence of Mesopotamian cities.

"Mesopotamia"--Greek for "the land between the rivers"--is an area about 300 miles long and ...

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