Using GIS to stoddy Archeologcal sites –survay of Mosul university-

Abstract

GIS is characterized by great potentialeties to deal with huge geographical data and conclude what is necessary for it. It was very useful to get use of the potentialities of this system of GIS in the field of archaeology and to harvest very accurate results in a relatively short time, compared to the old archaeological methods. college of archaeology , Univesity of Mosul had the opportunity to use geographical data released by the GIS concerning the Qoynjaq hill in the historical city of Nineveh and assistance with the aid of the GPS system brand etrex. A number of significant archaeological sites were localized on the Qoynjaq hill. A number of problems were discussed by the team in a quite scientific way by using the GIS .