Surface Hydrology Dataset for the Jazira Region of Syria
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This surface hydrology dataset complements 13 other datasets as part of a study that compared ancient settlement patterns with modern environmental conditions in the Jazira region of Syria. This study examined settlement distribution and density patterns over the past five millennia using archaeological survey reports and French 1930s 1:200,000 scale maps to locate and map archaeological sites. An archaeological site dataset was created and compared to and modelled with soil, geology, terrain (contour), surface and subsurface hydrology and normal and dry year precipitation pattern datasets; there are also three spreadsheet datasets providing 1963 precipitation and temperature readings collected at three locations in the region. The environmental datasets were created to account for ancient and modern population subsistence activities, which comprise barley and wheat farming and livestock grazing. These environmental datasets were subsequently modelled with the archaeological site dataset, as well as, land use and population density datasets for the Jazira region. Ancient trade routes were also mapped and factored into the model, and a comparison was made to ascertain if there was a correlation between ancient and modern settlement patterns and environmental conditions; the latter influencing subsistence activities. All surface hydrology was captured for this dataset including ephemeral streams such as wadis. This dataset's attributes include stream order (0 to 6) and types (ephemeral, intermittent and permanent) and values. Settlement pattern evidence suggests that water runoff, from ephemeral and seasonal streams, could have been used to irrigate crops? Rainfall patterns in the Jazira region indicate more for higher elevations, this occurring during wetter times of the year (winter and spring).
dataset
http://www.sharegeo.ac.uk/handle/10672/16
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eng
WGS84 Latitude Longitude
WGS84 Latitude Longitude
Thesis M 2001 MATH, Ohio University Mathys, Antone J 'A GIS comparative analysis of bronze age settlement patterns and the contemporary physical landscape in the Jazira Region of Syria'., French Levant Map Series (1:200,000) for Syrie (Syria). Projected to Lambert grid. Technoexport. ?Cartes geologiques au 1:200.000 et notices (en russe): feuilles de Qamichlye, Qaratchok, Hassetche, and Toual Aaba. Cartes seules pour les feuilles de Djerablous, Ressaffe, Raqqa, Deir ez Zor, Abou Kemal. Original map series might be traced to Beirut: Bureau Topographique des Troupe françaises du Levant, 1933-1938., Khouri, J. "Hydrogeology of the Syrian Steppe and Adjoining Arid Areas," Journal of Engineering Geology. 15 (1982):135-154., Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations. Rainfed Agriculture in the Near East and North Africa. V.D. Krentos, ed. Rome: FAO, Land and Water Development Division, 1980., Kolars, John F. and William A. Mitchell. The Euphrates River and the Southeast Development Project. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1991.
inlandWaters
digital land model
GIS digital format
geographic information system
river
hydrology
revision
2010-01-13
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1938
publication
2001-06-02
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Original map series might be traced to Beirut: Bureau Topographique des Troupe françaises du Levant, 1933-1938.
ArcGIS (*.shp)
8.3
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Tony Mathys
distributor
Tony Mathys
EDINA, The University of Edinburgh, Causewayside House, 160 Causewayside
Edinburgh
EH9 1PR
Scotland
+44 (0)131 651 1443
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2013-04-24