Dr Francesca Simi

My interests focus on the reconstruction of long-term population and land-use dynamics in Upper Mesopotamia

My primary research field lies in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East with a specialization in Landscape Archaeology. My interests focus on the reconstruction of long-term population and land-use dynamics in Upper Mesopotamia by means of field survey, remote sensing techniques and GIS methods. I have been involved in several survey and excavation projects in Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq and Italy. In EAMENA, I am currently working for the Al Ula project (KSA), detecting new potential archaeological sites through remote sensing, monitoring key sites in the region and delivering database training.

Keywords

Ancient Near East, landscape archaeology, northern Mesopotamia, Al Ula, Saudi Arabia

Contact

Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East & North Africa, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 1-2 South Parks Road, Oxford. OX1 3TG, United Kingdom