Jebel Bishri in Focus: Remote Sensing, Archaeological Surveying, Mapping and Gis Studies of Jebel Bishri in Central Syria by the Finnish Project Sygis . Archaeological Reports International Series, 2230)

Lonnqvist, Minna; Torma, Markus; Lonnqvist, Kenneth; Nunez, Milton

ISBN 10: 1407307924 / ISBN 13: 9781407307923

Published by Oxford : British Archaeological Reports, BAR Publishing, 2011

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vi, 434 pages ; 30 cm. This book presents the work of the Finnish project SYGIS on Jebel Bishri, a mountainous region in Central Syria. The main focus of this archaeological project was to unambiguously locate discovered sites on the Earth’s surface in order to provide a starting point for the recording and creation of data to help with the cultural heritage management of Syria, as well as to help prevent looting and to aid in the preservation of cultural remains in this vulnerable area. The sites encountered during this project covered a time span of nearly 0.5 million years and in a series of chronological chapters the development of human cultures in the Jebel Bishri region over the course of time is explored. The interaction of people between different environmental zones and the cultural longue durée emerge as themes of particular importance.

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• Title: Jebel Bishri in Focus: Remote Sensing, Archaeological Surveying, Mapping and Gis Studies of Jebel Bishri in Central Syria by the Finnish Project Sygis . Archaeological Reports International Series, 2230)
• Publisher: Oxford : British Archaeological Reports, BAR Publishing
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1407307924
• ISBN 13: 9781407307923
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
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Synopsis

This book presents the work of the Finnish project SYGIS on Jebel Bishri, a mountainous region in Central Syria. The main focus of this archaeological project was to unambiguously locate discovered sites on the Earths surface in order to provide a starting point for the recording and creation of data to help with the cultural heritage management of Syria, as well as to help prevent looting and to aid in the preservation of cultural remains in this vulnerable area. The sites encountered during this project covered a time span of nearly 0.5 million years and in a series of chronological chapters the development of human cultures in the Jebel Bishri region over the course of time is explored. The interaction of people between different environmental zones and the cultural longue durée emerge as themes of particular importance.

About the Author

Minna Lönnqvist, Markus Törmä, Kenneth Lönnqvist and Milton Nuńez