FROM MICRO-REGIONAL TO INTRASITE ANALYSIS: THE GIS OF THE ITALIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION IN THE ERBIL PLAIN (KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ).

The Italian Archaeological Expedition in the Erbil Plain (MAIPE) of the University of Milan is experimenting with a GIS project based on the QGIS system. It aims at combining data from survey, excavation, and geomorphological investigation carried out in the two sites of Helawa and Aliawa and the surrounding landscape. The MAIPE GIS is intended as a valuable tool for predictive, distributive, and cross-data analyses considering the complex diachronic development of the area and the results of paleoenvironmental studies at a micro-regional and intra-site scale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]