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The Hydraulic System of Larsa (South Iraq)

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Since the reopening of the mission in 2019, the water supply of Larsa has been a central focus of field investigations on this urban site of South Mesopotamia (Iraq). The first map of its hydraulic network can be established thanks to the cross-analysis of photogrammetric and geomagnetic images, to which is added the data of the geo-archaeological study and archaeological operations. In its final state, the intra-mural network had more than a hundred canals including several large ones such as the Grand canal, more than 22 m wide, basins of storage, the largest reserve in the northwest had a 26,000 m 2 , irrigation and drainage canals, but also a port area of 31,645 m 2 to the south. This approach made it possible to establish the connection with the canals works of the surrounding plain structuring the peri-urban network and to apprehend the major developments during the 2 nd millennium, between the
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hal-04473720 , version 1 (23-02-2024)

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Lucie Cez, Regis Vallet, Lionel Darras. The Hydraulic System of Larsa (South Iraq). 13th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE13), University of Copenhaguen, May 2023, Copenhague, Denmark. ⟨hal-04473720⟩
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