Kurgan Field Mideast 80 — Syria Region 8
Period Iron Age·Regional culture Mideast-Tell·🇸🇾 Syria Region 8, Syria
About
About Kurgan Field Mideast 80 — Syria Region 8
Kurgan Field Mideast 80 — Syria Region 8 in Syria Region 8, Syria is a Iron Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Iron Age; Culture: Regional culture Mideast-Tell; Field status: excavated; Materials: mudbrick, plaster; Condition: partially preserved.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Mideast-Tell tell with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Observatory
- 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 Iron Age
- Culture
- Regional culture Mideast-Tell
- Purpose
- tell ritual/settlement purpose for Mideast-Tell
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1907
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 400 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Kurgan Field Mideast 80 — Syria Region 8
c. 3200 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Kurgan Field Mideast 80 — Syria Region 8
On the ground
Structures & features
23.0059° S · 39.3188° E · 1210 m · 3 mapped features
- Kurgan Field Mideast 80 — Syria Region 8 — Principal Palacepalacepalace at Kurgan Field Mideast 80 — Syria Region 8 — outlier feature23.0077° S · 39.3169° E
- Kurgan Field Mideast 80 — Syria Region 8 — Northern Templetempletemple at Kurgan Field Mideast 80 — Syria Region 8 — hydraulic feature23.0061° S · 39.3188° E
- Kurgan Field Mideast 80 — Syria Region 8 — Southern Gategategate at Kurgan Field Mideast 80 — Syria Region 8 — hydraulic feature23.0044° S · 39.3207° E