Using Shuttle Radar Topography to map ancient water channels in Mesopotamia

Hritz, C.; Wilkinson, T.J.

doi:10.1017/s0003598x00093728

Using Shuttle Radar Topography to map ancient water channels in Mesopotamia

Hritz, C.; Wilkinson, T.J.

Authors

C. Hritz

T.J. Wilkinson

Abstract

The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) is currently producing a digital elevation model of most of the world's surface. Here the authors assess its value in mapping and sequencing the network of water channels that provided the arterial system for Mesopotamia before the petrol engine.

Citation

Hritz, C., & Wilkinson, T. (2006). Using Shuttle Radar Topography to map ancient water channels in Mesopotamia. Antiquity, 80(308), 415-424. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00093728

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jun 1, 2006
Deposit Date	Aug 10, 2009
Publicly Available Date	Jun 24, 2011
Journal	Antiquity
Print ISSN	0003-598X
Electronic ISSN	1745-1744
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	80
Issue	308
Pages	415-424
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00093728
Keywords	Mesopotamia, Bronze Age, Sasanian, Irrigation, Digital mapping.