Paikuli Archaeological Project. Settlements and Human Impact between the Diyala River and Qaradagh Range.

Anno
2019
Proponente Carlo Giovanni Cereti - Professore Ordinario
Sottosettore ERC del proponente del progetto
SH5_3
Componenti gruppo di ricerca
Componente Categoria
Arianna D'Ottone Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca / Structured participants in the research project
Julian Bogdani Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca / Structured participants in the research project
Michelina Di Cesare Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca / Structured participants in the research project
Ferdinando Bosi Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca / Structured participants in the research project
Emanuela Borgia Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca / Structured participants in the research project
Gianfilippo Terribili Componenti strutturati del gruppo di ricerca / Structured participants in the research project
Maria Paola Bracciale Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente non strutturato del gruppo di ricerca / PhD/Assegnista/Specializzando member non structured of the research group
Carlo Marchetti Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente non strutturato del gruppo di ricerca / PhD/Assegnista/Specializzando member non structured of the research group
Serenella Mancini Dottorando/Assegnista/Specializzando componente non strutturato del gruppo di ricerca / PhD/Assegnista/Specializzando member non structured of the research group
Componente Qualifica Struttura Categoria
Camilla Insom PhD Candidate Università di Napoli "L'Orientale", Dip. Asia, Africa e Mediterraneo Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Luca Colliva Adjunct Professor Università di Bologna Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Roberto Gabrielli Resercher ITABC\CNR Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Kamal R. Rahim Director Dept. of Antiquitoes of Sulaimaniya Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Shkwr Mohammad Haidar Director Dept. of Antiquities of Garmian Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Hashim H. Abdollah Director Museum of Sulaimaniya Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Zana A. Qadir Inspector Dept. of Antiquities Sulaimaniya Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Mohammad Ali Karim Inspector Dept. of Antiquities Kalar Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Miriam Luzzi Archeologist Sapienza University of rome Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Costanza Francavilla Archaeologist Sapienza University of Rome Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Martina Battisti PhD Candidate University of Venice "Ca' Foscari" Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Noemi Polichetti MA Student Sapienza University of Rome Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Angelica Gaspari BA Student Sapienza University of Rome Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Aila Santi PhD Sapienza University of Rome Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Maria Laura Santarelli Ricercatore Sapienza University of Rome Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Laura Ebanista Topografa Sapienza University of Rome Altro personale aggregato Sapienza o esterni, titolari di borse di studio di ricerca / Other aggregate personnel Sapienza or other institution, holders of research scholarships
Abstract

The Paikuli Project started in 2006, after the 2nd Gulf war, under the direction of the applicant. At the time, the Project was run by IsIAO on the behalf of Task Force Iraq (MAECI), later, in 2011, it came to be hosted by Sapienza, at the Department of Scienze dell'Antichità ; in 2018 it won its first grant in the framework of the program "Grandi scavi d'ateneo". Since the very beginning, all the activities implemented in the Kurdish region of Iraq included both a scientific core - the study of the archaeology
and epigraphy of the region - and a capacity building component, aiming at fostering best practices in the institutions dealing with cultural heritage, including management, promotion, conservation, etc.
Activities included in the present proposal focus on the site of Paikuli, a ceremonial area centering on a tower
built by the Sasanian king Narseh (293-302 CE) that carries a long and historically important bilingual inscription celebrating the king's victory in the dynastic war against Wahram III. The first season of excavation, carried out in 2006, was accompanied and followed by several documentation campaigns, both on-site and at the Museum of Sulaimaniyah, according to security conditions of the area. In 2012, in order to create an archaeological map of the area, the project started an intensive survey of the entire valley where the Paikuli complex lays.
In the 2018 spring campaign the topographic documentation of the site and its environs was started and carried out to a significant extent in order to prepare the ground for a more in depth understanding of the site, through detailed on the ground archaeological surveys and stratigraphic excavations. In the 2018 winter campaign the main focus was on the documentation of the blocks laying about on the Paikuli hill, on topographic survey and on beginning to clean selected areas to prepare the site for the later excavation. The ongoing 2019 spring campaign has seen the start of stratigraphic excavation.

ERC
SH6_3, SH5_3, SH6_5
Keywords:
STUDI IRANICI, ARCHEOLOGIA E ARTE MUSULMANA, ARCHEOMETRIA, EPIGRAFIA, RILIEVO ARCHEOLOGICO

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