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Heritage and cultural healing: Iraq in a post-Daesh era

Roger MatthewsDepartment of Archaeology, University of Reading, Reading, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Qais Hussain RasheedState Board of Antiquities and Heritage, Baghdad, IraqView further author information
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Mónica Palmero FernándezDepartment of Archaeology, University of Reading, Reading, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5164-9115View further author information
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Seán FobbeRASHID International e.V., Postfach 118, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3808-7730View further author information
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Karel NováčekDepartment of History, Palacký University Olomouc, OlomoucCzech Republic, EuropeORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2613-9276View further author information
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Rozhen Mohammed-AminResearch Center, Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Kurdistan Region, IraqView further author information
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Simone MühlInstitut für Vorderasiatische Archäologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, GermanyView further author information
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Pages 120-141 | Received 05 Mar 2019, Accepted 13 Apr 2019, Published online: 26 Apr 2019

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Treaties

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