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Tells

Mounds made of layer upon layer of settlement.

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🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Bakr Awa

Chalcolithic to Islamic (c.5000 BCE–1500 CE; Bronze citadel LBA) · Chalcolithic → Bronze (Shahrizor) → Iron → Achaemenid → Islamic

Shahrizor 40 ha citadel (5000 BCE–1500 CE) with Bronze tablets of Idu dynasty near Halabja.

🇮🇷 Iran · Tell

Tepe Nush-i Jan

Median (c.750–550 BCE) · Median

Median period fire-temple complex (3 ha) on a low hill near Malayer, excavated by David Stronach. Median levels (c.750–5...

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Choga Mami

Samarran to Ubaid (c.6000–5000 BCE; Samarran floruit 6000–5500 BCE) · Samarran → Choga Mami Transitional → Ubaid

Samarran irrigated village (6000 BCE) with earliest canal (2 km) east of Mandali.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Asaad — Balikh Early Neolithic Settle

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8300–7000 BCE) · Balikh PPNB

Tell Asaad — Balikh Early Neolithic Settle in Raqqa Governorate, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8300–7000 BCE) tell attributed to Balikh PPNB.

🇮🇷 Iran · Tell

Sheikh-e Abad

Aceramic Neolithic (c.8500–7700 BCE) · Zagros PPN (Sheikh-e Abad horizon)

Sahneh PPN mound (8500 BCE) with plastered houses and early goat — sister to Ganj Dareh.

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tel Hefer — Sharon Inland

Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) · Canaanite / Israelite

Tel Hefer — Sharon Inland in Sharon Plain, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Israelite.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Ghamqa

Late Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500–300 BCE) · Late Bronze Ugaritic → Iron Phoenician

Lagoon harbour tell (1500–300 BCE) between Latakia and Jableh — now 2 km inland.

🇮🇳 India · Tell

Rojdi — Saurashtra Harappan Mound

Sorath Harappan (2500–1700 BCE) · Sorath Harappan (Saurashtra Sorath)

Rojdi — Saurashtra Harappan Mound in Gujarat, India is a Sorath Harappan (2500–1700 BCE) tell attributed to Sorath Harappan (Saurashtra Sorath).

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Tell el-Maqlub — Gilead

Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) · Gileadite / Israelite / Ammonite

Tell el-Maqlub — Gilead in Ajloun Highlands, Jordan is a Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Gileadite / Israelite / Ammonite.

🇮🇳 India · Tell

Shikarpur — Kutch Harappan Port Mound

Mature Harappan (2500–1900 BCE) · Harappan

Shikarpur — Kutch Harappan Port Mound in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2500–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Coastal Harappan port mound with Harappan and Sorath ware at Gulf of Kutch.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Telul eth-Thalathat

Hassuna to Uruk (c.6000–3100 BCE; Halaf-Ubaid emphasis) · Hassuna → Halaf (Thalathat painted) → Ubaid → Uruk

Five-mound Halaf-Ubaid reference (6000–3100 BCE) on Wadi Khuzna south of Tel Afar.

🇮🇳 India · Tell

Kanmer — Kutch Harappan Fort

Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan

Kanmer — Kutch Harappan Fort in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Fortified Harappan town with 2 m walls and bead workshops near Little Rann.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Tell Shemshara

Hassuna to Islamic (c.6200 BCE–1200 CE; archive Late Bronze c.1800 BCE) · Hassuna → Halaf → Ubaid → MBA Shamshera kingdom → Islamic

Dokan MBA palace mound with 150-tablet Shamshera kingdom archive (1800 BCE) on Lower Zab.

🇳🇱 Netherlands · Ancient village

Hazendonk Donk Settlement

Middle to Late Neolithic · Hazendonk Group / Vlaardingen

Neolithic river dune (donk) settlement Hazendonk (c. 4000–2000 BCE) on Rhine-Meuse levee, type-site for Hazendonk Group pottery.

🇮🇳 India · Tell

Kuntasi — Phulki River Harappan Port

Mature Harappan (2200–1900 BCE) · Harappan

Kuntasi — Phulki River Harappan Port in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2200–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Harappan port jetty 200 m with stone anchor and warehouses on Phulki creek.

🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell