ABSTRACT
The endangered archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) project's aims are to provide information that will be useful for all countries affected by conflict, and especially after a conflict phase is over. The four-tier approach developed by Peter Stone is an excellent framework for developing a future strategy, for protecting cultural property before, during and after conflict. The EAMENA project is recording and documenting archaeological sites across 20 countries from Mauritania to Iran by interpreting satellite imagery and creating records in a bespoke database: therefore, the basic forms of the site are recorded as well as an assessment of threats to the sites. The EAMENA methodology is based on the principle that it is important to record as many archaeological sites as possible, in a systematic manner, as a prerequisite for understanding their nature and distribution, and also to assess the threats to these sites.
