8bf57653-ebfb-4738-b4ac-9a78a3dfe731
eng
dataset
Tony Mathys
Tony Mathys
+44 (0)131 651 1443
+44 (0)131 650 3308
EDINA,
The University of Edinburgh,
Causewayside House,
160 Causewayside
Edinburgh
EH9 1PR
Scotland
tony.mathys@ed.ac.uk
2013-04-24
WGS84 Latitude Longitude
WGS84 Latitude Longitude
Population Density Dataset for the Jazira Region of Syria
unknown
2001-06-02
None
unknown
This population 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.
Creation of this population dataset, derived from a 1961 census, was created to compare modern population density patterns with the distribution of ancient settlement patterns to ascertain if patterns are shared. There is a similarity between these patterns with higher concentrations of settlements and population along the banks of rivers until reaching the northern area of the Jazira where both extend across the wider landscape and away from rivers.
Tony Mathys
Tony Mathys
tony.mathys@ed.ac.uk
notPlanned
digital land model
GIS digital format
geographic information system
population distribution
population density
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
2010-01-13
revision
otherRestrictions
not provided
None.
1000000
0.0
eng
society
37.1997070314
42.5830078124
33.6603531220
38.2813130791
Jazira
Jezireh
Middle East
missing
SY
1961
1961
0
0
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'.
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations. Etude des Ressources en Eaux Souterraines de la Jezireh Syrienne. Rome: FAO, 1966.
ArcGIS (*.shp)
unknown
Tony Mathys
+44 (0)131 651 1443
+44 (0)131 650 3308
EDINA,
The University of Edinburgh,
Causewayside House,
160 Causewayside
Edinburgh
EH9 1PR
Scotland
tony.mathys@ed.ac.uk
http://www.sharegeo.ac.uk/handle/10672/31
Derived from 1:1 million scale map produced for the following report:
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations. Etude des Ressources en
Eaux Souterraines de la Jezireh Syrienne. Rome: FAO, 1966.
Tony Mathys
+44 (0)131 651 1443
+44 (0)131 650 3308
EDINA,
The University of Edinburgh,
Causewayside House,
160 Causewayside
Edinburgh
EH9 1PR
Scotland
tony.mathys@ed.ac.uk
originator