Buried Street Grid Mideast 28 — Iraq Region 4
Period Neolithic·Regional culture Mideast-Tell·🇮🇶 Iraq Region 4, Iraq
About
About Buried Street Grid Mideast 28 — Iraq Region 4
Buried Street Grid Mideast 28 — Iraq Region 4 in Iraq Region 4, Iraq is a Iron Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Mideast-Tell tell with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
- 02Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
- 02Ceremonial centre
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3200 BCE
- Period
- Period Neolithic
- Culture
- Regional culture Mideast-Tell
- Purpose
- tell ritual/settlement purpose for Mideast-Tell
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1936
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3200 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Buried Street Grid Mideast 28 — Iraq Region 4
1970 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Buried Street Grid Mideast 28 — Iraq Region 4
On the ground
Structures & features
3.0457° S · 63.5049° E · 683 m · 3 mapped features
Buried Street Grid Mideast 28 — Iraq Region 4 — Principal Palace
palacepalace at Buried Street Grid Mideast 28 — Iraq Region 4 — subsidiary complex
3.0449° S · 63.5034° EBuried Street Grid Mideast 28 — Iraq Region 4 — Northern Temple
templetemple at Buried Street Grid Mideast 28 — Iraq Region 4 — primary structure
3.0452° S · 63.5065° EBuried Street Grid Mideast 28 — Iraq Region 4 — Southern Gate
gategate at Buried Street Grid Mideast 28 — Iraq Region 4 — primary structure
3.0459° S · 63.5036° E