10.17192/meta.2014.3.2172 Skuldbøl, Tim Boaz Bruun Tim Boaz Bruun Skuldbøl Colantoni, Carlo Carlo Colantoni A Damage Assessment of Iraq’s Past: Archaeological Heritage Management on the Rania Plain in Iraqi Kurdistan Middle East - Topics + Arguments : Vol 3 (2014) Philipps-Universität Marburg 2014 Heritage Management Iraq Damage Assessment Archaeological Strategies and Methods Urban Developmental Pressure Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) 2018-01-31 2014-12-17 en JournalArticle https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2014/45/2172 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2014-45-21725 https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2014.3.45 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2014/45/2172/2172.png 2196-629X application/zip application/pdf This paper advocates an increasing focus on damage assessment, monitoring and adaptation to the impact of urban development on archaeologically rich regions.As a case-study of the wider Middle East, this discussion focuses on archaeological strategies for damage assessment, monitoring and handling archaeological cultural resources on the Rania plain in the Kurdistan autonomous region of northeast Iraq. The pressures of modern development, with extensive infrastructure development, rapid expansion of population settlements and a hydro-electric dam, whose waters inundate a substantial proportion of the plain, make the recording of valuable cultural heritage a demanding task. 2196-629X Middle East - Topics + Arguments Vol 3 (2014)