Jebel Aruda Buried Uruk Enclave House C
Jebel Aruda Buried Uruk Enclave House C North Annex · Jebel Site
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE)·Chalcolithic–EBA·🇸🇾 Raqqa, Jebel Aruda, Syria
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About Jebel Aruda Buried Uruk Enclave House C
Jebel Aruda Buried Uruk Enclave House C in Raqqa, Jebel Aruda, Syria is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal mound 220 × 180 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 35.6430N 38.4050E controls access to Raqqa resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey tell for Raqqa, Jebel Aruda, illustrating Chalcolithic–EBA construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
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. 3800 BCE initial, major 2600 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE)
- Culture
- Chalcolithic–EBA
- Purpose
- Multi-period settlement mound with stratified urban sequence
- Rediscovered
- 1998 survey
- Excavation
- Buried
c. 3800 BCE initial, major 2600 BCE
Initial construction of Jebel Aruda Buried Uruk Enclave House C main structure
c. 1938
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1998–2013
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Jebel Aruda Buried Uruk Enclave House C) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
35.6430° N · 38.4050° E · 346 m · 4 mapped features
- Jebel Aruda Buried Uruk Enclave House C — Main StructurestructurePrincipal tell — Mound 220 × 180 m with diagnostic masonry/panel35.6438° N · 38.4059° E
- Jebel Aruda Buried Uruk Enclave House C — Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature35.6420° N · 38.4043° E
- Jebel Aruda Buried Uruk Enclave House C — Peripheral FeatureoutlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial35.6445° N · 38.4062° E
- Jebel Aruda Buried Uruk Enclave House C — Hydraulic/CisternhydraulicHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir or rock-cut channel associated with site35.6414° N · 38.4039° E