The area of intervention of PARTeN is the Northern Iraqi Kurdistan. PARTeN’s purpose is to intervene in this area focusing on six cultural-scientific objectives:

1)      Excavation aimed to obtain a complete and well stratified occupational sequence, that covers the period from prehistory to iron age;

2)      Study of paleo-environment and paleo-climate for the reconstruction of the ancient environment of the area and its evolution as a consequence of climatic change and anthropic impact;

3)      Cataloguing, documentation on the base of modern IT technologies, preservation, enhancement and management of the main open-air neo-Assyrian monumental site;

4)      Monitoring of mountainous areas between Dohuk and Al-Khazir river in order to identify possible sites still unknown;

5)      Reconstruction of the historical geography of the region, in particular of paleo, middle and neo-Assyrian age, on the base of a surface reconnaissance, of the results of excavation and data from cuneiform sources of II and I millennium A.C.;

6)      Renovation and preservation of a big number of archeological finds from different zones of the region, stored at Dohuk Museum.

Type of service

Activities and sub-activities necessary for the achievement of results:

–          Archeological Excavation

–          Surface reconnaissance

–          Training of students of University of Udine and local staff for excavation activities, documentation and preservation of finds, through workshops and introductory lessons to be organized at University of Udine and education training to be held in Kurdistan

–          Preservation and documentation of finds discovered during excavation activities and reconnaissance

–          Valorization of the cultural heritage