Project status

Past

Lead organisation

The University of Glasgow

Partners

Directorate of Antiquities, Suleymaniyah Governorate, Dartmouth College, and The Institute for Heritage and Sustainable Development (INHERIT), part of York Archaeological Trust for Research and Excavation Ltd.

Grant award

£301,178

Project summary

The Garmian region of Iraq has been impacted by conflict which has caused varying levels of damage, destruction and risk to almost all known archaeological features in the region.

The project increased the capacity of local heritage professionals by creating a geodatabase of surveyed sites and training antiquities officials in heritage protection, policy development and site monitoring.

It also engaged with local communities and established two educational museum spaces at the Slemani Museum and Garmian Civilizations Museum.