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Newcomers and autochthons. Preliminary report on 2013 activities in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region, Iraq

2015, 24, No. 1

Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw


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28.02.2016

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Abstract

The aim of the project “Newcomers and autochthons” is a detailed analysis of the archaeological remains dated to the Late Chalcolithic and Ninevite 5 periods found during the survey conducted in the Upper Greater Zab area. The article presents a preliminary report on the field activities in the fall of 2013.

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