Francesca Simi
Biographic Data
| ID | 6101154 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesca Simi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesca |
| FAMILY NAME | Simi |
| SIGNATURE | SIMI F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Udine |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4607-7428 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mesopotamia Beyond Tells
Agro-pastoral landscapes have long shaped Upper Mesopotamia, yet their dispersed, low-visibility, and often feature-dense archaeological traces remain poorly documented, especially in upland and piedmont zones beyond tell-centered research traditions. This article presents the methodological framework developed by the CArE Project of the Universities Ca’ Foscari Venice and Udine for documenting the rich, endangered agro-pastoral landscapes record…
New approaches to Assyrian capitals
In the past decade, a wave of archaeological initiatives has targeted some of the major archaeological sites in northern Iraq, the Assyrian capitals. As of summer 2025, the Nimrud Lower Town Archaeological Project focuses on exploring Assyrian urbanism from the perspective of the empire’s longest-standing capital.
Drowned Landscapes
Like natural catastrophes or armed conflicts, resource extraction projects herald the alteration or destruction of natural and cultural landscapes alike. Dam construction is a major threat to cultural heritage in Western Asian archaeology. One event may result in obliterating hundreds of sites, most of which never reappear or do so only sporadically following cyclical water fluctuation. Destruction of sites remains ongoing, necessitating constant…
Following the herds? A new distribution of hunting kites in Southwest Asia
Remote-sensing analysis of open-source satellite imagery has identified a major, new distribution of undocumented hunting kite structures in northern Arabia. This new data has important implications on the environmental viability of hunting and on possible settlement patterns during the early and middle Holocene. Running across the eastern side of the Nafud Desert in Saudi Arabia, this research has identified star-shaped kites in a distribution t…
Ethical considerations for remote sensing and open data in relation to the endangered archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa project
The UK‐based Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) project uses remote sensing techniques to rapidly record and evaluate the status of archaeological and cultural heritage sites in the MENA region. Applying remote sensing methods to the archaeological landscapes of 20 countries, EAMENA is one of the largest documentation projects of its kind. Such a scope raises important ethical questions fundamental to the practice…
Social Lives of Monumental Walls
On the left bank of the Tigris in northern Iraq, in an area today partially flooded by the Mosul Dam reservoir, lies an enigmatic monumental enclosure known in the literature as the “Tigris Wall.” Before its partial submersion under the waters of the modern lake, the large L-shaped embankment, about 4 × 4 km long, enclosed an area of ca. 1600 ha, overlooking the Tigris and its alluvial plain. By means of a holistic strategy that includes differen…
Settlement Dynamics on the Banks of the Upper Tigris, Iraq
The paper describes a dataset of archaeological sites and villages now partially covered by the water of the Mosul Dam Reservoir. For the first time the dataset offers digitized information on c.150 archaeological sites detected during a survey carried out by the Iraqi State Organization for Antiquities and Heritage in the 1980s. Knowledge of the map of these sites will have a substantial impact on interpretation of Tigridian settlement dynamics.…
Ethical considerations for remote sensing and open data in relation to the endangered archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa project
The UK‐based Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) project uses remote sensing techniques to rapidly record and evaluate the status of archaeological and cultural heritage sites in the MENA region. Applying remote sensing methods to the archaeological landscapes of 20 countries, EAMENA is one of the largest documentation projects of its kind. Such a scope raises important ethical questions fundamental to the practice…
Following the herds? A new distribution of hunting kites in Southwest Asia
Remote-sensing analysis of open-source satellite imagery has identified a major, new distribution of undocumented hunting kite structures in northern Arabia. This new data has important implications on the environmental viability of hunting and on possible settlement patterns during the early and middle Holocene. Running across the eastern side of the Nafud Desert in Saudi Arabia, this research has identified star-shaped kites in a distribution t…
Settlement Dynamics on the Banks of the Upper Tigris, Iraq
The paper describes a dataset of archaeological sites and villages now partially covered by the water of the Mosul Dam Reservoir. For the first time the dataset offers digitized information on c.150 archaeological sites detected during a survey carried out by the Iraqi State Organization for Antiquities and Heritage in the 1980s. Knowledge of the map of these sites will have a substantial impact on interpretation of Tigridian settlement dynamics.…
Ethical considerations for remote sensing and open data in relation to the endangered archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa project
The UK‐based Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) project uses remote sensing techniques to rapidly record and evaluate the status of archaeological and cultural heritage sites in the MENA region. Applying remote sensing methods to the archaeological landscapes of 20 countries, EAMENA is one of the largest documentation projects of its kind. Such a scope raises important ethical questions fundamental to the practice…
Social Lives of Monumental Walls
On the left bank of the Tigris in northern Iraq, in an area today partially flooded by the Mosul Dam reservoir, lies an enigmatic monumental enclosure known in the literature as the “Tigris Wall.” Before its partial submersion under the waters of the modern lake, the large L-shaped embankment, about 4 × 4 km long, enclosed an area of ca. 1600 ha, overlooking the Tigris and its alluvial plain. By means of a holistic strategy that includes differen…
Following the herds? A new distribution of hunting kites in Southwest Asia
Remote-sensing analysis of open-source satellite imagery has identified a major, new distribution of undocumented hunting kite structures in northern Arabia. This new data has important implications on the environmental viability of hunting and on possible settlement patterns during the early and middle Holocene. Running across the eastern side of the Nafud Desert in Saudi Arabia, this research has identified star-shaped kites in a distribution t…
Drowned Landscapes
Like natural catastrophes or armed conflicts, resource extraction projects herald the alteration or destruction of natural and cultural landscapes alike. Dam construction is a major threat to cultural heritage in Western Asian archaeology. One event may result in obliterating hundreds of sites, most of which never reappear or do so only sporadically following cyclical water fluctuation. Destruction of sites remains ongoing, necessitating constant…
Mesopotamia Beyond Tells
Agro-pastoral landscapes have long shaped Upper Mesopotamia, yet their dispersed, low-visibility, and often feature-dense archaeological traces remain poorly documented, especially in upland and piedmont zones beyond tell-centered research traditions. This article presents the methodological framework developed by the CArE Project of the Universities Ca’ Foscari Venice and Udine for documenting the rich, endangered agro-pastoral landscapes record…
New approaches to Assyrian capitals
In the past decade, a wave of archaeological initiatives has targeted some of the major archaeological sites in northern Iraq, the Assyrian capitals. As of summer 2025, the Nimrud Lower Town Archaeological Project focuses on exploring Assyrian urbanism from the perspective of the empire’s longest-standing capital.
Archaeological Research and Protection (5 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · History (3 works) · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (2 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works) · Documentation (2 works) · Geology (2 works) · History (2 works)