From micro-regional to intra-site 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 https://orienteantico.unimi.it/it/maipe/) of the University of Milan is experimenting with a GIS project based on the QGIS system. The project aims to combine data from survey, excavation, and geomorphological investigations carried out at the two sites of Helawa and Aliawa and their 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