In October 2014 a small team organised by NINO carried out archaeological survey in the hinterland of Tell Shemshara. The NINO-University of Copenhagen Survey of the Rania Plain (Kurdish Region of Iraq) includes a 15 km radius around Shemshara, and was initiated autumn 2013. Four sites serve to illustrate the precarious heritage situation on the edges of Lake Dokan.

The results of the autumn campaign will be discussed. For a preview, please visit this page.

Jesper Eidem is General Director of NINO.