The Tell Gomel archaeological survey : surface research and off-site investigations in the heart of the Navkur plain, Iraqi Kurdistan

The thesis presents the results of the Tell Gomel Archaeological Survey (TGAS) carried out in lraqi Kurdistan in the framework of the "Land of Nineveh Archaeological Project" of the University of Udine. The area examined by the project between 2015 and 2017 is the heart of the Navkur Plain, an alluvial plain that extends in the eastern hinterland of the Assyrian capital of Nineveh. The focus of the research was the intensive survey of the archaeological site of Tell Gomel and of an area of 100 km2 sorrounding it. The goal of the investigation was to record and analyse the settlement pattern and the land use of the territory from a diachronic perspective, from the prehistory to nowadays. The thesis presents the methodology and results of the archaeological reconnaissance, the study of the population dynamics of the area until the Post-Assyrian period and a wide catalogue containing all the data collected during the fieldwork.