Sedentism and Resource Management in the Neolithic of Western Iran
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Reading
Department Name: Archaeology
Abstract
One of the most significant transformations in history took place after the last Ice Age, from c. 14,000 BC (all dates calibrated BC), when human communities began to settle down in villages and to exploit intensively the resources around them, including plants and animals. In time people changed from being mobile hunter-foragers to settled farmers and stock-keepers, with domesticated crops and animals. Often called the Neolithic transformation, this fundamental development in the human condition steadily spread across much of the world and led ultimately, through surplus accumulation and social differentiation, to the emergence of towns, cities, and empires, thus shaping the modern world.
One region where these developments occurred early is Southwest Asia (also called the Middle East or Near East). In recent decades there has been much work on Neolithic developments in this region through excavations in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and Israel, which have demonstrated the great variability in local trajectories of development from hunter-forager to village-farmer. One area that has not been investigated since the 1970s is Iran. Earlier work in Iran, particularly in the Zagros mountains of western Iran, was of key importance in exploring the Neolithic transformation, with excavations at sites such as Asiab, Sarab, Ali Kosh, and Ganj Dareh in the 1950s-70s. These researches indicated that Neolithic communities changed to sedentary lifestyles and began using fired ceramics, the earliest in Southwest Asia, by c. 7900 BC. Study of the plant and animal remains suggested that communities favoured use of lentils, peas, and nuts over cereals and that wild goat were intensively hunted. There was arguable evidence for domestication of goat by c. 7900 BC.
Since 1979 there has been almost no fieldwork concerning the Iranian Neolithic and the evidence from this area is now decades out of date compared to the rest of Southwest Asia and beyond. There have been repeated expressions of regret that modern excavations have been unable to contribute new evidence from the Zagros to the debate on the origins of human sedentism and animal/plant exploitation and domestication.
The re-opening of Iran to joint UK-Iranian research provides a valuable opportunity for investigation into the Neolithic transformation in the Zagros. The Central Zagros Archaeological Project (CZAP) is a UK-Iranian programme, focusing on the Neolithic period, run by UCL, University of Reading, and Bu Ali Sina University, Iran. Supported by the British Academy, excavations were conducted in 2008 at two Early Neolithic sites, Sheikh-e Abad and Jani, with highly productive results. 14C dates indicate that the sites were occupied from c. 10,000 to 7500 BC.
The objectives are to investigate research questions within the Early Neolithic of western Iran. How did early sedentism take place and did it develop from temporary and seasonal to permanent and year-round? How was architecture constructed and how was early village space used and socialised? What was the role of ritual and human burial in social cohesion at this time? What modes of animal husbandry were employed, including intensive hunting, herding, and domestication of goats, native in the wild to the Zagros? What plant resources were exploited and how? What is the absolute chronology of development in the Zagros Neolithic? These questions will be addressed through excavation at the sites of Sheikh-e Abad and Jani.
Results from this research will be of value in situating the Iranian Zagros within the Neolithic transformation in Southwest Asia, and will serve as a model for the application of inter-disciplinary approaches to archaeological questions. The research will assist in placing our own species within a rich context of ecological and social change that characterised the Neolithic transformation following the end of the last Ice Age, one of the most impactful episodes in human history.
One region where these developments occurred early is Southwest Asia (also called the Middle East or Near East). In recent decades there has been much work on Neolithic developments in this region through excavations in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and Israel, which have demonstrated the great variability in local trajectories of development from hunter-forager to village-farmer. One area that has not been investigated since the 1970s is Iran. Earlier work in Iran, particularly in the Zagros mountains of western Iran, was of key importance in exploring the Neolithic transformation, with excavations at sites such as Asiab, Sarab, Ali Kosh, and Ganj Dareh in the 1950s-70s. These researches indicated that Neolithic communities changed to sedentary lifestyles and began using fired ceramics, the earliest in Southwest Asia, by c. 7900 BC. Study of the plant and animal remains suggested that communities favoured use of lentils, peas, and nuts over cereals and that wild goat were intensively hunted. There was arguable evidence for domestication of goat by c. 7900 BC.
Since 1979 there has been almost no fieldwork concerning the Iranian Neolithic and the evidence from this area is now decades out of date compared to the rest of Southwest Asia and beyond. There have been repeated expressions of regret that modern excavations have been unable to contribute new evidence from the Zagros to the debate on the origins of human sedentism and animal/plant exploitation and domestication.
The re-opening of Iran to joint UK-Iranian research provides a valuable opportunity for investigation into the Neolithic transformation in the Zagros. The Central Zagros Archaeological Project (CZAP) is a UK-Iranian programme, focusing on the Neolithic period, run by UCL, University of Reading, and Bu Ali Sina University, Iran. Supported by the British Academy, excavations were conducted in 2008 at two Early Neolithic sites, Sheikh-e Abad and Jani, with highly productive results. 14C dates indicate that the sites were occupied from c. 10,000 to 7500 BC.
The objectives are to investigate research questions within the Early Neolithic of western Iran. How did early sedentism take place and did it develop from temporary and seasonal to permanent and year-round? How was architecture constructed and how was early village space used and socialised? What was the role of ritual and human burial in social cohesion at this time? What modes of animal husbandry were employed, including intensive hunting, herding, and domestication of goats, native in the wild to the Zagros? What plant resources were exploited and how? What is the absolute chronology of development in the Zagros Neolithic? These questions will be addressed through excavation at the sites of Sheikh-e Abad and Jani.
Results from this research will be of value in situating the Iranian Zagros within the Neolithic transformation in Southwest Asia, and will serve as a model for the application of inter-disciplinary approaches to archaeological questions. The research will assist in placing our own species within a rich context of ecological and social change that characterised the Neolithic transformation following the end of the last Ice Age, one of the most impactful episodes in human history.
Planned Impact
Who will benefit from this research?
1. Those in government, and more widely, interested in improving UK-Iran relations
2. Museums and heritage bodies in Iran
3. Charities such as the British Institute for Persian Studies (BIPS), the Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF)
4. The wider public, in the UK, Iran, and globally, interested in an important episode in human history
5. Staff working on the project
How will they benefit?
The research will benefit wide sectors of society in the UK, Iran, and globally. At the broadest level, as a project of collaborative engagement with academics in Iran, the project stands as an example of how cultural and intellectual interaction can transcend the political barriers that are often imposed between our two countries. UK academics working in Iran are in the vanguard of diplomatic engagement, and can serve to improve the atmosphere of UK-Iran relations, thus to benefit the governments and peoples of both countries.
Local and national museums in Iran will benefit from the input of new material and interpretations to enhance their exhibitions. Iran's developing heritage industry will benefit from the presentation of Sheikh-e Abad as a visitor attraction, close to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bisotun.
Charities such as BIPS and IHF, as well as the British Academy, will benefit from involvement with a successful collaborative UK-Iran project, likely to enhance positive attitudes within the UK and Iran to such organisations and their work.
All staff working on the project, from Iran and the UK, will benefit from involvement in a collaborative engagement, both in terms of enhancing their knowledge and experience and as regards the development of specific and generic skills which will be of benefit to them in future careers, within archaeology and beyond. The wider public will benefit from a significant increase in the publicly accessible knowledge-base concerning the origins of sedentism and animal-management, a major episode in human history.
What will be done to ensure that they benefit?
All potential beneficiaries will benefit from a programme of outreach in the UK and Iran directed by the PI and Co-I and administered by the Data Manager/Project Assistant, whose remit will include administration of outreach. Meetings of the Steering Committee will prioritise impact and outreach as a recurrent agenda item to ensure that opportunities are being maximised.
Government officials and diplomats interested in UK-Iran relations will be engaged through invitation to public lectures, workshops, conferences, and exhibitions arising from the project, taking place in the UK and Iran. Museums in Iran and the UK will be kept informed of opportunities for engagement and displays relating to the project. As official government institutions, museums in Iran at local and national levels will be intimately involved in the project. Charities such as BIPS and IHF will be engaged and invited to support and participate in its public events.
Staff working on the project will develop skills and expertise through training and guidance provided by the PI, Co-I, and more senior members of the project, partly in-field in Iran and partly through established programmes of skills development at UCL and University of Reading.
The wider public will benefit from opportunities to attend lectures, workshops and exhibitions concerning the project, in the UK and Iran. A major exhibition will be mounted at the Institute of Archaeology UCL and University of Reading, with public opening ceremonies, to mark the conclusion of the project. The public will be able to engage with the project by means of the project website, components of which will be designed for the public, and through a programme of outreach via the media. Within Iran, the public will benefit directly from the creation of the site of Sheikh-e
1. Those in government, and more widely, interested in improving UK-Iran relations
2. Museums and heritage bodies in Iran
3. Charities such as the British Institute for Persian Studies (BIPS), the Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF)
4. The wider public, in the UK, Iran, and globally, interested in an important episode in human history
5. Staff working on the project
How will they benefit?
The research will benefit wide sectors of society in the UK, Iran, and globally. At the broadest level, as a project of collaborative engagement with academics in Iran, the project stands as an example of how cultural and intellectual interaction can transcend the political barriers that are often imposed between our two countries. UK academics working in Iran are in the vanguard of diplomatic engagement, and can serve to improve the atmosphere of UK-Iran relations, thus to benefit the governments and peoples of both countries.
Local and national museums in Iran will benefit from the input of new material and interpretations to enhance their exhibitions. Iran's developing heritage industry will benefit from the presentation of Sheikh-e Abad as a visitor attraction, close to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bisotun.
Charities such as BIPS and IHF, as well as the British Academy, will benefit from involvement with a successful collaborative UK-Iran project, likely to enhance positive attitudes within the UK and Iran to such organisations and their work.
All staff working on the project, from Iran and the UK, will benefit from involvement in a collaborative engagement, both in terms of enhancing their knowledge and experience and as regards the development of specific and generic skills which will be of benefit to them in future careers, within archaeology and beyond. The wider public will benefit from a significant increase in the publicly accessible knowledge-base concerning the origins of sedentism and animal-management, a major episode in human history.
What will be done to ensure that they benefit?
All potential beneficiaries will benefit from a programme of outreach in the UK and Iran directed by the PI and Co-I and administered by the Data Manager/Project Assistant, whose remit will include administration of outreach. Meetings of the Steering Committee will prioritise impact and outreach as a recurrent agenda item to ensure that opportunities are being maximised.
Government officials and diplomats interested in UK-Iran relations will be engaged through invitation to public lectures, workshops, conferences, and exhibitions arising from the project, taking place in the UK and Iran. Museums in Iran and the UK will be kept informed of opportunities for engagement and displays relating to the project. As official government institutions, museums in Iran at local and national levels will be intimately involved in the project. Charities such as BIPS and IHF will be engaged and invited to support and participate in its public events.
Staff working on the project will develop skills and expertise through training and guidance provided by the PI, Co-I, and more senior members of the project, partly in-field in Iran and partly through established programmes of skills development at UCL and University of Reading.
The wider public will benefit from opportunities to attend lectures, workshops and exhibitions concerning the project, in the UK and Iran. A major exhibition will be mounted at the Institute of Archaeology UCL and University of Reading, with public opening ceremonies, to mark the conclusion of the project. The public will be able to engage with the project by means of the project website, components of which will be designed for the public, and through a programme of outreach via the media. Within Iran, the public will benefit directly from the creation of the site of Sheikh-e
Organisations
- University of Reading (Lead Research Organisation)
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (Collaboration)
- Sulaymaniyah Antiquities Directorate (Collaboration)
- University of Kurdistan Hewler (Collaboration)
- Natural Environment Research Council (Collaboration)
- Trinity College Dublin (Collaboration)
- Nature Iraq (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) (Collaboration)
- University of Delaware (Collaboration)
- DURHAM UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Sulaimaniyah University (Collaboration)
- Sulaimani Polytechnic University (Collaboration)
- University of Tehran (Collaboration)
- Sulaymaniyah Museum (Collaboration)
- Directorate Earth and History of life (Collaboration)
- British Institute at Ankara (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol (Collaboration)
Publications
De Reu, J.
(2015)
3D recording of ground stones at Bestansur
in Archaeometry
Lazaridis I
(2022)
A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern Europe and West Asia.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Godleman J
(2016)
An infrared microspectroscopic study of plasters and pigments from the Neolithic site of Bestansur, Iraq
in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Lazaridis I
(2022)
Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Bendrey R
(2014)
Care in the community? Interpretations of a fractured goat bone from Neolithic Jarmo, Iraq.
in International journal of paleopathology
Elliott S
(2023)
Dung detective! A multi-scalar, multi-method approach to identification and analysis of ancient faecal material
in Quaternary International
FourniƩ G
(2017)
Early animal farming and zoonotic disease dynamics: modelling brucellosis transmission in Neolithic goat populations.
in Royal Society open science
Richardson, A.
(2014)
Early clay technologies: studies in Early Neolithic clay usage from the Central Zagros
Walsh S
(2022)
Early evidence of extra-masticatory dental wear in a Neolithic community at Bestansur, Iraqi Kurdistan
in International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
Matthews W
(2014)
Early Farmers
Bendrey, R.
(2014)
Environmental Archaeologies of Neolithisation, Volume 1: Europe
Bendrey, R.
(2016)
Environmental Archaeologies of Neolithisation, Volume 2: Asia and Africa
Bendrey, R.
(2015)
Environmental Archaeologies of Neolithisation: Asia and Africa
Bendrey R
(2014)
Environmental archaeologies of Neolithisation: Europe
in Environmental Archaeology
Bendrey, R.
(2013)
Ethnoarchaeological research in Iraqi Kurdistan
Flohr P
(2016)
Evidence of resilience to past climate change in Southwest Asia: Early farming communities and the 9.2 and 8.2 ka events
in Quaternary Science Reviews
Matthews W
(2016)
Humans and fire: Changing relations in early agricultural and built environments in the Zagros, Iran, Iraq
in The Anthropocene Review
Flohr P
(2017)
Late Holocene droughts in the Fertile Crescent recorded in a speleothem from northern Iraq
in Geophysical Research Letters
Maeda O
(2016)
Narrowing the harvest: Increasing sickle investment and the rise of domesticated cereal agriculture in the Fertile Crescent
in Quaternary Science Reviews
Matthews, W.
(2012)
New Perspectives on Household Archaeology
De Groene D
(2021)
Pigs in the Neolithic of the Eastern Fertile Crescent: New evidence from Pre-Pottery Neolithic Bestansur and Shimshara, Iraqi Kurdistan (7800-7100 BC)
in International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
Whitlam J
(2018)
Pre-agricultural plant management in the uplands of the central Zagros: the archaeobotanical evidence from Sheikh-e Abad
in Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Description | Our findings have been used in developing a new Prehistory Gallery in Slemani Museum |
First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
Sector | Education,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal |
Description | Dr Wendy Matthews, AHRC South West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership University of Reading Academic Lead and Management Board Representative |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | AHRC SWW DTP PGR research is impacting policy and practice across a wide range of sectors from precision farming and heritage management to cultural heritage and well-being. |
URL | https://www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk |
Description | BISI Research Grant |
Amount | Ā£3,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | British Institute for the Study of Iraq |
Sector | Learned Society |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2017 |
End | 06/2017 |
Description | BISI Research Grant |
Amount | Ā£2,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | British Institute for the Study of Iraq |
Sector | Learned Society |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2016 |
End | 03/2017 |
Description | British Academy International Partnership Award |
Amount | Ā£30,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | The British Academy |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2015 |
End | 12/2018 |
Description | British Academy postdoctoral fellowship |
Amount | Ā£120,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | The British Academy |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2018 |
End | 12/2020 |
Description | British Institute of Persian Studies Research Grant |
Amount | Ā£6,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | British Institute of Persian Studies |
Sector | Learned Society |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2016 |
End | 07/2017 |
Description | ERC Advanced Grant |
Amount | ā¬Ā 2,500,000 (EUR) |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | G A Wainwright Fellowship in Near Eastern Archaeology |
Amount | Ā£100,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2015 |
End | 12/2017 |
Description | Heritage and Ecotourism for Sustainable Development in Iraqi Kurdistan |
Amount | Ā£116,658 (GBP) |
Funding ID | AH/W006790/1 |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2021 |
End | 01/2023 |
Description | Horizon2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship |
Amount | ā¬Ā 183,455 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 702529 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 05/2016 |
End | 05/2018 |
Description | NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility |
Amount | Ā£15,160 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2011 |
End | 12/2014 |
Description | NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility |
Amount | Ā£9,399 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2016 |
End | 09/2017 |
Description | NERC Radiocarbon Facility (ref. NF/2016/2/5) |
Amount | Ā£2,415 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NF/2016/2/5 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Department | NERC Radiocarbon Facility (Environment) |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | National Geographic Society Europe Explorer |
Amount | $21,200 (USD) |
Funding ID | HJ-R005-17 |
Organisation | National Geographic |
Sector | Private |
Country | United States |
Start | 03/2017 |
End | 03/2018 |
Description | Outreach Grant |
Amount | Ā£500 (GBP) |
Organisation | British Institute for the Study of Iraq |
Sector | Learned Society |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2017 |
End | 12/2017 |
Description | Oxford Radiocarbon Laboratory |
Amount | Ā£2,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2017 |
End | 01/2018 |
Description | Research Grant |
Amount | $74,000 (CAD) |
Organisation | Government of Canada |
Sector | Public |
Country | Canada |
Start | 03/2016 |
End | 06/2019 |
Description | Research grant |
Amount | Ā£15,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Society of Antiquaries of London |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2018 |
End | 09/2020 |
Description | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant |
Amount | $74,010 (USD) |
Funding ID | CAN. 2015-2017 |
Organisation | Government of Canada |
Department | SSHRC - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | Canada |
Start | 03/2017 |
End | 04/2019 |
Description | University of Reading Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) |
Amount | Ā£1,320 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Reading |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2014 |
End | 09/2014 |
Description | Wainwright Fellowship Sam Walsh |
Amount | Ā£10,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2017 |
End | 11/2017 |
Title | micro-CT Sam Walsh |
Description | micro-CT facility at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics to conduct a pilot study of pathology, taphonomy, and morphology of the human remains. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | None yet |
Title | pXRF |
Description | Purchase of a portable X-ray fluorescence analyser (Niton XL3t GOLDD+) has led to the development of calibrations and best working practices for the non-destructive analysis of a range of archaeological materials, including: sediments, in-situ residues, clays, cherts, obsidians, etc. The availability of the instrument has led to the training of c. 25 individual researchers across the University of Reading in the application of pXRF techniques and the collaborative development of methodologies for pXRF use across a wide range of archaeological, environmental and geological research areas. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2012 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The results of the research methodologies developed have informed a range of the outputs discussed under publication and engagement, and will continue to inform further publications, including the project monograph. |
Title | CZAP Database |
Description | Integrated database of archaeological excavation data, designed in Microsoft Access to hold records and facilitate data analysis |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | Data to be lodged with the Archaeology Data Service and discussions of database construction to contribute to the project monograph. |
Title | CZAP Library |
Description | Collation of literature references, URL links and pdfs of academic works relating to the project, its interdisciplinary methodologies and the Neolithic archaeology of Iraq and Iran, constructed using Endnote and shared between the research team. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | The database has facilitated and will continue to facilitate members of the research team in their production of outputs. |
Title | Central Zagros Archaeological Project (2022) The Central Zagros Archaeological Project 2012 to 2017 |
Description | Data from 2012-2017 excavations within the Central Zagros Archaeological Project, Iraqi Kurdistan |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Open access for all |
URL | https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/1004446/index.cfm |
Description | A. Bogaard and M. Charles: archaeobotany, Oxford |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Access to archaeobotanical data and samples from CZAP sites, and opportunities for research students. |
Collaborator Contribution | Prof Amy Bogaard and Dr Mike Charles have provided advice and support for archaeobotanical analyses. |
Impact | This collaboration has informed all publications of the archaeobotanical remains and will contribute to the project monograph. |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | A. Evin, pig teeth, CNRS |
Organisation | National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Provided access to pig teeth samples for Dr Allowen Evin (CNRS and University of Aberdeen) for broad-reach analysis. |
Collaborator Contribution | Provided results of pig teeth geometric morphometric analysis to CZAP. |
Impact | To inform future outputs. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | D. Bradley - cattle DNA, Dublin |
Organisation | Trinity College Dublin |
Country | Ireland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The research team have provided access to DNA results for broad-reach analysis of cattle DNA. |
Collaborator Contribution | Prof Dan Bradley had undertaken DNA analysis of cattle bone fragments from CZAP sites. |
Impact | This will inform future outputs. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Developing a prehistory gallery at Slemani Museum |
Organisation | Sulaymaniyah Museum |
Country | Iraq |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Co-consulting on a conceptual framework and display design incorporating expertise and material from CZAP investigations |
Collaborator Contribution | Co-creating design and planning for new prehistory gallery |
Impact | Newly developed gallery |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Early administration in Mesopotamia |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Research into uses of clay in early Mesopotamian administration |
Collaborator Contribution | Use of portable X-ray fluorescence and academic input |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Erbil University |
Organisation | University of Kurdistan Hewler |
Country | Iraq |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The team have provided field, recording and lab training for undergraduate and postgraduate students from Hawler University. |
Collaborator Contribution | In return, the students have contributed to the fieldwork conducted by the project. |
Impact | This collaboration will contribute to the project monograph. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Iran |
Organisation | University of Tehran |
Department | Faculty of Geography |
Country | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaboration in interdisciplinary fieldwork and analyses on palaeoenvironmemt and society in Iran. |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration in interdisciplinary fieldwork and analyses on palaeoenvironmemt and society in Iran. |
Impact | British Academy International Partnership and Mobility Award (£30K) Multi-disciplinary: archaeological excavation and materials analysis; palaeoclimatology (speleothems, stable isotopic analyses); palaeoenviornmental (pollen, palaeoethnobotany, micro morphology); GIS, remote sensing, geography, geology and geomorphology in regions of archaeological sites. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | G. Larson, Durham University |
Organisation | Durham University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Provision of access to DNA data for broad-scale project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Greger Larson provided analysis of pig DNA. |
Impact | Contributing to future publications. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | I. Bull - GC/MS, Bristol |
Organisation | University of Bristol |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaboration in analysis of results of GC/MS analyses |
Collaborator Contribution | Training in GC/MS analysis of coprolites |
Impact | Contributing to publications (Matthews, W et al. 2013, 2014. in Early Farmers and future publications). |
Start Year | 2011 |
Description | IICAH - J Johnson |
Organisation | University of Delaware |
Department | Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage (IICAH) |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The research team has provided access to archaeological materials for Jessica Johnson, Academic Director of IICAH, and hands-on on-site training and practice opportunities for a Kurdish graduate of the IICAH conservation training program. |
Collaborator Contribution | In return, IICAH have conserved c.25 fragile artefacts from the project's investigations and provided on-site conservation training for the research team. |
Impact | Discussion of conservation methodologies and issues will contribute to the project monograph. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | J. Evans, NIGL |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Department | NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Provision of access to data to contribute to broad-scale research. |
Collaborator Contribution | Prof Jane Evans has provided assistance with the analysis of strontium isotopes. |
Impact | Contributed to ethnoarchaeological outputs listed under publications and future publications. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Konya Regional Archaeological Survey Project (KRASP) |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Department | Institute of Archaeology |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Providing pXRF expertise |
Collaborator Contribution | Academic context survey in central Turkey |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | N. Sykes - fallow deer DNA, Nottingham |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Provided access fallow deer DNA data to Dr Naomi Sykes for broad-reach analysis. |
Collaborator Contribution | Conducted analysis of fallow deer DNA for samples from CZAP sites. |
Impact | This analysis will inform future outputs, including the project monograph. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Nature Iraq |
Organisation | Nature Iraq |
Country | Iraq |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | The team have provided information on the ecology of Neolithic Iraq. |
Collaborator Contribution | In return, the NGO have provided information on the modern flora and fauna of Iraq and assisted in the collection of modern plant samples in the region. |
Impact | The results of this collaboration will inform future publications, including the project monograph. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Patterns of metal procurement, manufacture and exchange in Early Bronze Age northwestern Anatolia |
Organisation | British Institute at Ankara |
Country | Turkey |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Providing pXRF expertise |
Collaborator Contribution | Academic context of study of metallurgy |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences |
Organisation | Directorate Earth and History of life |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Learned Society |
PI Contribution | Corpus of material to study from new fieldwork |
Collaborator Contribution | specialist identification of bioarchaeological materials |
Impact | multi-disciplinary- zooarchaeology, palaeoethnobontany |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Sulaimaniyah Directorate |
Organisation | Sulaymaniyah Antiquities Directorate |
Country | Iraq |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Under agreement with the Sulaimaniyah Antiquities Directorate and the General Director of Antiquities and Heritage, KRG, the research team continue to provide access to all materials to the Directorate, contribute all artefacts to the Directorate and Musuem, and provide training and education opportunities to professionals from the Directorate and the Sulaimaniyah Museum on research methods and theory. |
Collaborator Contribution | This collaboration has provided permission to conduct archaeological investigations in and around the sites of Bestansur, Shimshara and Zarzi in Iraqi Kurdistan, including permission to import equipment and export archaeological samples. The Directorate has provided representatives to facilitate all aspects of the fieldwork. |
Impact | This partnerships underpins all related outputs on the sites of Bestansur, Shimshara and Zarzi and are reported under the relevant sections. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Sulaimanyah University |
Organisation | Sulaimaniyah University |
Country | Iraq |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The CZAP team have provided archaeological field, recording and lab analysis training for undergraduate and postgraduate students. |
Collaborator Contribution | Sulaimaniyah University have provided advice and guidance on local geology and sediments. |
Impact | The guidance provided will inform the analysis of material to be published in the project monograph. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | The Cultural Heritage Network (CHN) (Nahrein Network project) |
Organisation | Sulaimani Polytechnic University |
Country | Iraq |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Workshops and joint cultural activities in KRG, Iraq Roger Matthews with Rozhen Mohammad-Amin (Digital Cultural Heritage Research Group of Sulaimani Polytechnic University) and Ruth Young (Leicester University) |
Collaborator Contribution | Hosting event, co-organising |
Impact | Public engagement activities |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | UBC - Dr Lisa Cooper |
Organisation | University of British Columbia |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The research team have provided infrastructure and administrative support to facilitate archaeological investigations by Lisa Cooper of UBC. |
Collaborator Contribution | Dr Lisa Cooper and team have provided analysis of the post-Neolithic materials from Bestansur, excavating and examining Late Assyrian levels at the site. |
Impact | The collaboration has contributed to seasonal archive reports and will form a portion of the project monograph. |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Vienna |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Wendy Matthews gave a presentation in the Congress Theme Transformations & Migrations on 'Transforming lifeways and place: Early built environments in the Neolithic of the Zagros (Iran, Iraq)' which reported on the outstanding architectural innovations and complexity of the sites excavated in the AHRC project and scientific analyses of the transformations in technology, built environments and social relations and interactions with increasing sedentism and privatisation. The importance of this region in global developments was widely recognised. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.orea.oeaw.ac.at/10icaane.html |
Description | Archaeobotany discussion group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | "Exploring patterns in the preservation and recovery of charred plant remains across western Asia: recent insights from Iraq and Jordan". Archaeobotany Discussion Group (27th November 2017, University of Oxford) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Archaeology blog, Reading 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Update on the ongoing work by the CZAP team, on the Department of Archaeology new pages, leading to reshares of the new story on Facebook. The news story was followed by an increase in expressions of interest in ways to get involved by University of Reading students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | BABAO talk Sam Walsh |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | BABAO: Life, death, and burial in the Neolithic of the central Zagros, Iraq'. 19th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. Liverpool, LJMU. (8th Sept 2017) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | BANEA 2017 talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk on Eastern Fertile Crescent |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Bendrey and Elliott: Archaeology Research Seminar, Reading 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Stimulated discussion of and interest in methodologies n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Bendrey, Elliott, Whitlam and Matthews: ICAZ Paper, Argentina, 2014. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | R. Bendrey's presentation was followed by questions session and subsequent engagement with audience, discussing possible future activities Prompted discussion of ideas and possible future collaborations |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.icaz2014argentina.com/inicio/ |
Description | Bendrey: 8ICAANE paper, Warsaw 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Stimulated interest in and discussion of the early results of the project and CZAP volume 1 Prompted the sharing of information with other projects |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Bendrey: AEA 2011 paper, Amsterdam |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Talk prompted discussions regarding the project n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Bendrey: Cardiff seminar, 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Prompted discussion and questions n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Bendrey: Nottingham Research Seminar, 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Prompted discussion and network building Forged reciprocal relationships between institutions |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | CZAP Website |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | CZAP website constructed to make details of the project available to the public, beyond the reach of published media. The website has reached nearly 4000 individual users, from 94 countries and territories around the world, including 16% of all visitors from Asia. 30% of all traffic on the website is from returning visitors, seeking further information. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014 |
URL | http://www.czap.org |
Description | CZAP: Booklet, spring 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Production of a booklet in English and Kurdish introducing local adults and children to archaeology and the first farmers of the region, distributed to teachers and through the Sulaimaniyah Museum, sparking interest and visits to the site. n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | CZAP: Directorate presentations, Sulaimaniyah Jan 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentations by all CZAP research team to the Sulaimaniyah Directorate of Antiquities and Heritage and Sulaimaniyah Museum staff to introduce the project led to interest in the project, discussions and questions and involvement of individuals in the project. Several individuals engaged with the project and have contributed to research and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | CZAP: First Lady's Visit, Spring 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Site and labs tour and presentations to Hero Talibani, married to former President of Iraq, and ambassador for cultural heritage in Kurdistan, with notable governmental officials and UNESCO. Resulting in increased media coverage in Kurdistan and support for the project. Provided the catalyst for the documentary on the project's work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | CZAP: History Teachers Site and Labs Tour, Spring 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Visit to site by 29 Kurdish history and chemistry school teachers and 4 regional History and Chemistry Education Supervisors, to learn about the archaeology of the region and archaeological techniques, to inform teaching in schools. The teachers engaged, asked many questions and were keen to deliver the information to their classes. Following the tour, a teacher arranged for a second visit by science teachers from across the region, to learn more about the techniques we apply. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | CZAP: Khak TV Documentary, 2012-2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Filming by Khak TV for documentary of excavations in Kurdistan, to be broadcast on KurdSat. Awaiting broadcast. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014 |
Description | CZAP: Press Conference, Sulaimaniyah Spring 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Broadcast of CZAP discussions of investigations at Bestansur on KurdSat led to public awareness of the site, increase in site visitors and discussion with regional professionals. Engaged local and regional professionals, bringing public from across the region to engage with the archaeology and heritage, and resulting in filming for documentary. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | CZAP: Science Teachers Site and Lab Tour, Spring 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Workshop for c. 25 Kurdish science teachers, to inform their teaching in schools across the region, resulted in keen engagement, many questions and lively discussion of the methodologies applied in archaeology. Science teachers expressed intention to deliver information to their students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | CZAP: WMF workshop, Summer 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Workshop at Bestansur run on behalf of the World Monuments Fund, for American, Kurdish and Iraqi professionals (including conservators from Babylon), to train in archaeological methodologies and best practice. Leading to extended question and answer session, sharing of experience and knowledge and development of plans for future working practices. Participants expressed intention to apply the taught interdisciplinary methodologies elsewhere. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | http://www.wmf.org/video/heritage-management-training-erbil-iraq |
Description | Conference paper AEA Robin Bendrey |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Bendrey R, Fournié G, and Pfeiffer D U. Animal domestication and zoonotic disease: modelling brucellosis transmission in Neolithic goat populations. Association for Environmental Archaeology Conference 2017, University of Edinburgh. 1-3 December 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Conference paper ASOR Lisa Cooper Alanta |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Lisa Cooper, "Investigations of a Late Assyrian Context at Bestansur, Sulaimaniyah Province, Iraqi Kurdistan," American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Atlanta, November 21st, 2015. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Conference paper ASOR Lisa Cooper Boston |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Lisa Cooper, "Archaeological Reflections of Identity in the Late Assyrian Remains at Bestansur, Kurdistan," American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Boston, November 16th, 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Conference paper BANEA Robin Bendrey |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Bendrey R. Mountain ecology, early goat husbandry, and human sedentarization in the Neolithic Zagros uplands. British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology Annual Conference 2017, Glasgow, 4-6 January 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Conference poster |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Engagement with professional audience through poster session |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Cooper: 9ICAANE paper, Basel 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Followed by questions and discussions of the site. n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Cooper: Graduate Seminar, Vancouver 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Led to questions and discussions of future work. n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Dr Wendy Matthews, Co-chair Society of American Archaeology Symposium Session |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Co-Chair of a session and co-presenter of two papers on The Archaeology of Livestock dung building on AHRC funded research and EU H2020 Marie Sklowdoska Curie Fellowship research 'Microarchaeodung' with Dr Marta Portillo Ramirez, University of Reading |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.saa.org/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx |
Description | Dr Wendy Matthews, Developing International Geoarchaeology Conference, Newcastle University School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Dr Wendy Matthews gave a conference paper on 'Developing high-resolution theoretically-informed Geoarchaeology: Interdisciplinary approaches to changing human-fire relations in early agricultural environments and communities'. New interdisciplinary collaborations and links developed with PGRs and Academic staff in International Universities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/dig2017/ |
Description | Dr Wendy Matthews, Housing and Cities Academic Forum, School of Architecture, University of Reading |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Short presentation by Dr Wendy Matthews on 'Sustainable energy and construction and Health and the Built Environment: 10,000 years of experimentation' based on AHRC and other research by WM in the Middle East to members of the ESRC Housing Evidence Centre CACHE, architects and urban planners, and academic staff Prosperity and Resilience Research Theme, University of Reading. The outcome was new knowledge and contacts in building bridges between past, present and future research on the key issues in WMs presentation towards future funding applications and impact plans. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/the-forum/event/housing-and-cities-academic-forum/ |
Description | Elliott and Bendrey: AEA 2012 poster presentation, Reading 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Prompted discussion of the project's ethnoarchaeological approaches Leading to publication in conference proceedings (open access) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.reading.ac.uk/archaeology/conferences/AEA/ |
Description | Elliott and Whitlam: AEA 2011 poster, Amsterdam |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Prompted discussion and questions n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Elliott and Whitlam: UKAS poster, Reading 2011 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Prompted questions and discussion of the project n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Elliott, Bendrey and Whitlam: 9ICAANE Paper, Basel 2014. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Presentation stimulated interest in the project and ethnoarchaeological methodologies. Paper leading to publication |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | https://9icaane.unibas.ch/ |
Description | Elliott, Whitlam and Bendrey: SARG Seminar, Reading 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Prompted methodological discussions n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Elliott: 8ICAANE paper, Warsaw, 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Talk prompted discussion of methodological approaches Led to development of plans for future collaboration |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Elliott: SAGES Conference, Reading 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Led to discussions of the project n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Elliott: University of Reading Research Conference poster, 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Prompted discussion of work, short-listed for prize n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Galawezh School visit, Bestansur 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Visit to site, tour and introduction to the archaeology of the Neolithic for 31 school pupils and 9 teachers from Galawezh School, Sulaimniyah City, sparked questions about the archaeological processes and discussion of their local history. Expressed desire to return, as soon as possible, with more children. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Ingrid Iversen BANEA paper |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Snails on a Neolithic mound: the molluscs of Bestansur. Presentation given at BANEA 15, London (January 8 2015) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Integrated Microscopy Approaches in Archaeobotany |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Wendy Matthews gave a paper on new high-resolution integrated archaeobotany developed in the AHRC project in a paper entitled: 'Humans and Fire: changing relations in early sedentary agricultural communities. New evidence from micro-contextual analysis of burnt remains'. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/integrated-microscopy-approaches-in-archaeobotany/imaa-2017/ |
Description | Invited seminar Robin Bendrey Edinburgh |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Bendrey R. Cautionary tales of the unintended: animal domestication and zoonotic disease emergence. Edinburgh University Archaeology Society, University of Edinburg. 20 March 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Invited seminar Robin Bendrey Edinburgh 2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Bendrey R. High on a hill was a lonely goat herd: the emergence of animal husbandry in the Neolithic Zagros mountains. University of Edinburgh, Archaeology Seminar Series. 26 January 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Invited seminar Robin Bendrey Glasgow |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Bendrey R. Ecologies of domestication: Human-goat-environment interactions at the start of farming in the Neolithic Zagros. University of Glasgow Archaeology research Seminar Series, Spring 2018. 10 January 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Iversen and Bendrey: BANEA paper, Reading, 2014. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Prompted methodological discussion and interest in the project Promoted more integrated ways of working |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.reading.ac.uk/archaeology/Conferences/BANEA/ |
Description | Jadid Online, 2011 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Jadid Online article on Early Human Communities in the Zagros in Farsi and English, with a slideshow of images from Sheikh-e Abad, raising the international profile of the project's work. n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
URL | http://www.jadidonline.com/story/03062011/frnk/iran_sheikhiabad_archaeology_eng |
Description | Karagol School teachers' visit, Bestansur 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Visit by 15 teachers from Karagol School, to learn more about the activities, to disseminate to their students. This informal and unexpected site visit and tour led to an extended question and answer session. Teachers expressed intention to package and deliver the information to their students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Keynote lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Roger Matthews: Keynote - Mobility in the Ancient Near East, 11th International Congress for the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East 2018, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Keynote lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Amy Richardson: Keynote - Scales of interaction in ancient worlds, Graduate Archaeology at Oxford Conference 2019, Oxford. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Kurdsat news story, 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | News story on the KurdSat channel (broadcast across the Iraqi Kurdistan region), repeated throughout a day of news cycles and posted online, increasing visitor numbers at the site and enquiries at the Sulaimaniyah Museum. Led to increase in local awareness of and interest the project, and desire to find out more, including 364 views of the news story online. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaZh_g8KE38&feature=plcp |
Description | Lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Seminar on Early Neolithic of Iraq/Iran at Oxford University |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Wendy Matthews and Amy Richardson 2022: ARWA: Houses and Collective Constructions, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Creating early settled communities: new insights into built environments from the Zagros region. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Wendy Matthews: Sustainability of Early Sedentism: A Case-Study from the Central Zagros, Iraq and Iran, BANEA Annual Conference 2019, University of Liverpool. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Fiona Pichon, Juan Jose Ibanez, Roger Matthews, Amy Richardson, M Vega Canamares, Carlos Pecarroman 2022: Exploring food and craft activities in the Early Neolithic Site of Bestasnur (EFC): Glimpses from a functional perspective of stone tools, Copenhagen University, PPN10. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Amy Richardson: Early Neolithic mobility of people and things in the Central Zagros: the evidence from Bestansur, International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East 2018, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Matthews W Neolithisation and its consequences: A global view (University of Tehran) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | c. 60-80 academic staff, professional practitioners, Masters and PhD students attended the paper presented by Dr Wendy Matthews on Early built environments and settled life in the Neolithic of the Central Zagros', at the International Symposium on 'Neolithisation and its consequences: A global view from and to Iran', hosted by the Department and Institute of Archaeology, University of Tehran, Iran's national Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Society of Iranian Archaeology and Deutsches Archaeogische Institute. This paper and the following discussions lead to the development of future plans for international collaboration and research at a range of levels. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Matthews W Palaeoenvironmemt and Society International Workshop (UoTehran) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | c. 80 academic staff, Masters and PhD students and professional practitioners attended this International Workshop on Palaeoenvironment and Society. The paper presented by Dr Wendy Matthews on 'Reconstructing Ecosystems and Ecological strategies: Integrating off-site and on-site data', based on AHRC funded research, sparked considerable interest in micro-analytical techniques and request for future involvement in these research areas, and was supported by the British Academy International Partnership award. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Matthews, Matthews et al: Agriculture presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Presentations stimulated synergies with Agriculture, Policy and Development at Reading, leading to cross-disciplinary discussions Forged cross-departmental networks |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Matthews, R. et al.: 8ICAANE, Warsaw 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Led to questions and further discussions of the project Increased international interest in the project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Matthews, R. et al.: BANEA, Manchester 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Led to discussions of the project and questions n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Matthews, R. et al.: Glasgow University Archaeology Seminar, 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Seminar led to discussions of the project n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Matthews, R. et al.: Kurdistan Conference paper, Athens 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Paper followed by questions and discussions of the project n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Matthews, R. et al.: Plenary Lecture, Tehran 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Led to engagement with sites and discussion of research methodologies with international early career archaeologists Increased interest in approaches |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Matthews, R. et al.: Vladimir Lukonin Lecture, BM 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Lecture led to discussions of the broader framework of the project and results Raised number of queries fro information |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Matthews, R.: ASOR paper, Chicago 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Led to discussions following paper Increased international interest |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Matthews, R.: British Museum paper, 2011 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Provoked questions and discussion of the project and its approaches Increased interest in the project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Matthews, R.: Nanjing paper, China 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Paper followed by discussion of methodologies and comparable themes n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Matthews, R.: SOAS seminar, London 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Paper followed by discussions of the CZAP approaches and results n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Matthews, R.: South Oxfordshire Archaeology Group lecture, 2013. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public lecture to South Oxfordshire Archaeology Group, prompted discussion and questions, engaging audience. Increased public interest in the project, an extensive write up in an extended issue of the South Oxfrdshire Archaeology Group Messenger newsletter and feedback from the audience that "this was one of the best talks we have ever had". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Matthews, R.: Tbilisi paper, 2011 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Paper led to discussion and questions about the project Increase in international interest in the project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Matthews, W. Cambridge ANE Seminar Series |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | c. 30 PhD students and staff attended this seminar that discussed 'Early sedentism, resource management and ritual in the Central Zagros of Iraq and Iran' in the University of Cambridge Ancient Near east Seminar Series, including researchers in Iraq. It sparked increased interest in the complexity of the built environment c. 7,700 BC, and request for participation in training of Iraqi's in archaeological investigations, supported by DCMS. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Matthews, W. TOPOI paper, Berlin 2011 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Paper prompted lively debate and enquiries regarding the project n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Matthews, W. et al.: ICAANE paper, Basel 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Paper provoked interest in and discussions of the project and its approaches n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Matthews, W., Matthews, R., Bendrey, Elliott, Richardson and Whitlam: AEA 2012 paper, Reading 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Talk prompted interest in and discussion of the project and its core methodologies Led to an increase in queries regarding the project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
URL | http://www.reading.ac.uk/archaeology/conferences/AEA/ |
Description | Matthews, W.: Arkeotek Workshop, Paris 2011 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Sparked methodological debate and questions n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Matthews, W.: Department of Archaeology Research Seminar, Leicester 2011 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Paper was followed by questions and discussion n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Matthews, W.: ERC InterArChive Symposium Paper, York 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Prompted questions and in-depth methodological discussions n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Matthews, W.: Experimental Archaeology Conference paper, Reading 2011 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Followed by questions and methodological discussions n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
Description | Matthews, W.: International Congress of Young Archaeologists workshop, Tehran 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Workshop engaged an international audience with methodologies Increased international interest in the project and its interdisciplinary methodological approaches |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Matthews, W.: John F Templeton Conference Paper, Catalhoyuk, Turkey, 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Paper sparked vibrant discussions Invited for publication in I. Hodder (ed.) Religion, History and Place. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Matthews, W.: Kew presentation, 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation to Director of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, leading to discussions of and engagement with the project Strengthened links between the project and the Royal Botanic Gardens collections |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Museum Studies blog, Reading 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Museum Studies blog for the University of Reading, discussing ongoing work at Bestansur. Reshared on both Facebook and Twitter. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Newcastle University seminar Sarah Elliott |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | April 2018 Scientific geo-ethnoarchaeology and its archaeological application to investigate farming, settlements and agriculture in the past (Newcastle University seminar series) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Outreach event Curiosity Carnival Oxford |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Outreach event, The archaeology of ancient farming. Curiosity Carnival (29th September 2017, Oxford, UK) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Paper by Dr A. Richardson |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 'The Central Zagros Archaeological Project: integrated approaches to the Neolithic', 2020, British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology Conference, University of Oxford. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Paper by Dr A. Richardson |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | 'Tracing the movement of clay tablets: insights from pXRF analysis', 2019, Cuneiform Tablets: Origins, Trafficking and Best Practices for the Future, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute Washington |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Richardson: 8ICAANE paper, Warsaw 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Stimulated discussion and information sharing Led to publication and participation in working groups |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | SAA paper Sarah Elliott |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver April 2017 A new multi-scalar, multi-methodology for the detection, identification and analysis of ancient animal dung. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | SESAME 12th Users Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Synthesis of a range of analytical techniques used in archaeological projects in Jordan, Iraq, Iran and Turkey: X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, portable X-ray fluorescence, environmental scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray analysis, IR spectroscopy and synchrotron based IR microscopy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Sulaimaniyah University visit, Bestansur 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Group of 22 students from Sulaimaniyah University visited the site and house, sparking lively discussions and much interest in the methodologies and results. Local workmen employed on the site engaged with the students, providing details of their experiences in Kurdish. Students expressed a desire to be involved with archaeological excavations in future. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | TV Sharaea filming |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Visit by TV Sharaea "ahl almadeena" film crew, to gather footage for broadcast on Al Jazeera, which gathered a set of interviews and working shots introducing the site at Bestansur and the project's excavation activities. The production team intended to incorporate the footage into a piece for international broadcast on Al Jazeera. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Amy Richardson 2023: Digital Humanities and the Network Turn, University of Reading, SNA and the archaeology of Iraq: networks of materials and practice in pre- and proto-history. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Talk 63 RAI Marburg |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk on city seals |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Talk by Dr A. Richardson, Dr W. Matthews and Prof R. Matthews |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | 'Archaeology, heritage, and sustainability: Neolithic networks of exchange and innovation', 2019, Digital Cultural Heritage Research Group, Sulaimani Polytechnic University |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Talk on using pXRF to colleagues |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Demo of uses of pXRF |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Elliott, S. Signatures of human and animal occupation. Archaeological and ethnoarchaeological research in Jordan, Iraq and Iran. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | UBC talk Lisa Cooper |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Lisa Cooper, "Uncovering an Assyrian Frontier Post in Iraqi Kurdistan," in series entitled 'UBC Digs: Stories from UBC Archaeologists and Historians,' March 10th, 2016. School of Continuing Studies, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | UN UNESCO UN HRC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | As president of RASHID International, participating in meetings of the UN (New York), UNESCO (Paris), UN HRC (Geneva) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017,2018 |
URL | http://rashid-international.org |
Description | University of Reading Public Lecture Matthews and Matthews |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public Lecture on 'Lost and Found: Excavating the First Farmers of Iraq and Iran, 10,000-7000 BC', by Roger Matthews and Wendy Matthews |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Vancouver Society talk Lisa Cooper |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Lisa Cooper, "New Discoveries from the Empire's Edge: Investigations of the Assyrian period Occupation at Bestansur, Iraqi Kurdistan." Vancouver Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada). January 23rd, 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Walsh, S. and Matthews, R.: Neolithic Bodies paper, London 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Paper was followed by discussion of the site and the project results n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Whitlam: 8ICAANE paper, Warsaw 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Prompted discussions and questions n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Whitlam: Archaeobotanical Discussion Group paper, Oxford 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Prompted discussion of the project and its results n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Whitlam: Archaeobotanical Discussion Group paper, Oxford 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Prompted discussions of the wider context and issues n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Whitlam: BANEA paper, Reading 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Stimulated discussion of methodologies and the project n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Whitlam: BANEA poster, Manchester 2012 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Prompted discussion of the project n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | Whitlam: IWGP poster, Thessaloniki 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Stimulated interest in and discussion of the ongoing research Forged international research networks |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Whitlam: SAGES Conference paper, Reading 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Prompted inter-disciplinary discussions n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Whitlam: XVII USIPP paper, Spain, 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Stimulated discussion and questions n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Zoom webinar by Sarah Elliott |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Zoom webinar on the 3rd December 2020 entitled: "Discovering the World's First Farmers". This was part of the Cafe Scientifique outreach talks. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |