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Tell Hassuna — Hassuna Culture Type Site
Hassuna (6000–5500 BCE)·Hassuna culture·🇮🇶 Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
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About Tell Hassuna — Hassuna Culture Type Site
Tell Hassuna — Hassuna Culture Type Site in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Hassuna (6000–5500 BCE) tell attributed to Hassuna culture. Mound 1.7 ha type-site for Hassuna incised pottery and early stamp seals. Lloyd Tell Hassuna type-site Hassuna→Samarra transition with Hassuna Standard ware.
Why it mattersKey Hassuna culture origin village
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Neolithic origins
- 02Halaf sequence refinement
Theories
- 01Pottery origins model
- 02Early village aggregation
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. 6000 BCE
- Period
- Hassuna (6000–5500 BCE)
- Culture
- Hassuna culture
- Purpose
- Mound 1.7 ha type-site for Hassuna incised pottery and early stamp seals
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 6000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1930 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
35.9500° N · 42.8500° E · 280 m · 4 mapped features
Tell Hassuna — Hassuna Culture Type Site — High Tell Summit
summitSummit mound
35.9501° N · 42.8501° ETell Hassuna — Hassuna Culture Type Site — Peripheral Pits
pitsPeripheral pit houses and workshops
35.9498° N · 42.8502° ETell Hassuna — Hassuna Culture Type Site — Fort Wall Section
wallFortification or enclosure
35.9504° N · 42.8498° ETell Hassuna — Hassuna Culture Type Site — Reservoir
reservoirStorage
35.9496° N · 42.8499° E