Survey

Item: AIAC_377
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Name: Shala Valley Project
class.survey.property.description: 2005 - Survey the cultural resources (archaeological and human) of the village of Theth and to describe in detail the unique culture, history, and landscape.
2006 - 1) induct intensive archaeological survey in the lower half of the Shala Valley. 2) Answer outstanding questions regarding the architectural and cultural history of Theth. 3)Limited test excavations at the Grunas site found in 2005.
2007 - 1)Intense Archaeology survey of lower half of Shala Valley in particular villages surrounding Abat. 2) Ethnohistoric and ethnographical surveys in the lower half of the Shala Valley to compare to Theth in 2005/2006. 3)extensive survey of Shosh and Kir regions. 4)chemical and geological surveys of Grunas, Gimaj, Okoi, and Stane at Qafe Thores.
2008 - 1)A detailed digital map of sites using a Total Station. 2) Compile better chronology and construction phases through excavation of a unit along the west, lowest terrace wall. 3)Undertake targeted excavation in order to determine: whether stone structures were built in the Iron Age or later, whether the taresses were occupational or agricultural, Whether there might be preserved middin outside the western fortification wall, Through chemical characterization analysis of pottery whether ceramics were made on or off site and imported, patterns of substances and seasonality through analysis of fauna and botanical remains and trace restricted analysis of pottery
Date Range: 1000 – 1400; 1400 – 1600

Approach: Extensive; Diachronic; Intensive; Non-Systematic
Location Technique: GIS; GPS Differentially Corrected
Spatial Sampling: Field Walker Spacing
Artifact Collection: Full Collection
Collection Unit: Tract
Artifacts: Lithics; Epigraphy; Iconography; Architecture; Ceramics
class.survey.property.paleo: Soil Studies; Faunal Osteology; Agriculture; Geology; Geomorphology
Demography: Ethnography/Ethnology; Population Data
Remote Sensing: Satellite Imagery
Comments: Tradition topography prospection

De Guio 2000c
A. De Guio, 2000c, Potere, archeologia del, In: D. Manacorda, R. Francovich (a cura di), Dizionario di Archeologia. Temi, concetti e metodi, Roma-Bari: 222-228.
Galaty, Michael, Ols Lafe, Zamir Tafilica, 2005
Galaty, Michael, Ols Lafe, Zamir Tafilica (2005). The Shala Valley Project: 2005 Field Report
Galaty, Michael, Ols Lafe, Zamir Tafilica, 2007
Galaty, Michael, Ols Lafe, Zamir Tafilica (2007). The Shala Valley Project: 2007 Field Report
Galaty, Michael, Ols Lafe, Zamir Tafilica, 2008
Galaty, Michael, Ols Lafe, Zamir Tafilica (2008). The Shala Valley Project: 2008 Field Report

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