MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area) 2018-2022
Research Group 02 (A02) is undertaking excavation of Yasin Tepe, a Neo-Assyrian site in Iraqi Kurdistan. The Neo-Assyrian Empire is the first imperial empire in history and existed from the 10th to 7th centuries. The Yasin Tepe site is one of the largest in the area and is considered to be one of the major cities of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. During excavations in 2016, large buildings with rooms similar in form to Reception Rooms were found.
Research Group 01 (A01) is continuing the excavations at Hasankeyf Höyük, a Neolithic settlement located on the upper Tigris River. Habitation of the site began about 12,000 years when humans first began the move away from hunting and gathering into a more sedentary village lifestyle. Analysis of the plant and faunal remains excavated from the site, however, shows no trace of plant cultivation or animal breeding and the site is known as a village of sedentary hunter-gatherers.。
A survey of various prehistoric sites in Iraqi Kurdistan is being undertaken by a joint team of Research Groups 01 (A01) and 04 (B01) with the aim of clarifying the neolithization process in the eastern part of the fertile crescent. A drone was used for topographical and geological survey of prehistoric sites and surrounding terrain in Slemani Province, Iraqi Kurdistan region. The team is currently drafting maps and drawings from this data. 。
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