Program

Preservation and Access: Iraqi Cultural Heritage Initiative

Period of Performance

7/1/2004 - 8/31/2007

Funding Totals

$100,000.00 (approved)
$100,000.00 (awarded)


Diyala Project

FAIN: PI-50008-04

University of Chicago (Chicago, IL 60637-5418)
Clemens D. Reichel (Project Director: January 2004 to January 2008)

The creation of a publicly accessible virtual archive of archaeological data on ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) that incorporates a relational, expandable database that would be mounted on an existing Web site at the Oriental Institute. The initial component focuses on four major sites in the Diyala Region northeast of Baghdad.