CEFREPA

The 5th International Seminar on the Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula is happening between 12 and 14 March, 2023 at the Crowne Plaza hotel. This seminar is organized by the National Council for Culture, Arts, & Letters (NCCAL) and the French Research Center of the Arabian Peninsula (CEFREPA).

Join us this Tuesday 14/03/2023 at 6:00 PM (Kuwait time) for a lecture with Dr. Mesfer Alhayyani. This lecture will be held in Arabic at CEFREPA.
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Join us this Tuesday 07/03/2023 at 6:00 PM (Kuwait time) for a lecture with Sayed Ismail A. AlBehbehani. This lecture will be held in Arabic at CEFREPA.
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Join us this Tuesday 28/02/2023 at 6:00 PM (Kuwait time) for a lecture with Dr. Khaldoun Alnabawani. This lecture will be held in Arabic at CEFREPA.
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Join us this Tuesday 21/02/2023 at 6:00 PM (Kuwait time) for a lecture with Saadiah Mufarreh. This lecture will be held in Arabic at CEFREPA.
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February, 22, 3 PM Rome | 5 PM Baghdad

Marie-Odile Rousset (CNRS – Archéorient), "The medieval occupation of the tells of Iraqi Kurdistan : excavations at Girdi Qala (Qara Dagh)"

In spite of the developments of archaeology in the Kurdistan region over the last ten years, the South of Kurdistan remains poorly documented whatever the period considered. However, it constitutes an ideal laboratory for the study of human settlements in regions of margins, in this case those of the mountains of Kurdistan. Girdi Qala is located on one of the main routes into the mountain range that separates the Mesopotamian plain from the Iranian plateau. The scientific programme conducted since 2015 under the direction of Régis Vallet (CNRS, ArScAn) focuses on the formation of complex societies, the emergence of territorial policies and intercultural processes over the long term (Formation des entités territoriales et échanges interculturels en Mésopotamie centrale, programme financed by the MAEDI, IFPO, CNRS and Universities of Liège and Paris 1, in collaboration with the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle of Paris, the UMR 7041 ArScAn-VEPMO, the UMR 5133 Archéorient, University Roma La Sapienza and University Sorbonne Abu Dhabi). The project is more specifically focused on the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age but, from the first mission, late-period levels have appeared. This paper will present a synthesis of the elements allowing the reconstruction of the medieval occupation of Girdi Qala, for the most part resulting from a field mission carried out in 2019.

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