The 2019 excavations at Gir-e Gomel (Kurdistan Region of Iraq) have revealed the existence of a medium-sized urban centre in the heart of the fertile Navkur Plain, located on the route linking Erbil and the Greater Zab Valley with the Upper Tigris region. The archaeological investigation of Gir-e Gomel has explored a burial ground that was used continuously from the late Ninevite 5 to Post-Assyrian period and a residential and administrative building of the late Middle Bronze Age.

Exploring Bronze Age Urbanism in the Navkur Plain (Kurdistan Region of Iraq). Preliminary Report on the 2019 Italian-Kurdish Excavations at Gir-e Gomel

Daniele Morandi Bonacossi
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Costanza Coppini
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Katia Gavagnin
Penultimo
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2023-01-01

Abstract

The 2019 excavations at Gir-e Gomel (Kurdistan Region of Iraq) have revealed the existence of a medium-sized urban centre in the heart of the fertile Navkur Plain, located on the route linking Erbil and the Greater Zab Valley with the Upper Tigris region. The archaeological investigation of Gir-e Gomel has explored a burial ground that was used continuously from the late Ninevite 5 to Post-Assyrian period and a residential and administrative building of the late Middle Bronze Age.
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