Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector
Late Chalcolithic (4000-3200 BCE)·Uruk Period·🇸🇾 Al-Hasakah, Tell Brak, Syria
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About Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector
Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector in Al-Hasakah, Tell Brak, Syria is a Late Chalcolithic (4000-3200 BCE) temple complex attributed to Uruk Period. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal necropolis 4 × 3 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 36.6568N 41.0645E controls access to Al-Hasakah, Tell Brak resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey temple-complex for Al-Hasakah, Tell Brak, illustrating Uruk Period 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. 3500 BCE
- Period
- Late Chalcolithic (4000-3200 BCE)
- Culture
- Uruk Period
- Purpose
- Ceremonial centre and pilgrimage focus with stratified deposits
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3500 BCE
Initial construction of Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector main structure
c. 1181 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector
1982–2017
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
36.6568° N · 41.0645° E · 345 m · 3 mapped features
Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Main Temple-Complex Feature
templePrimary temple at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits
36.6552° N · 41.0628° ETell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Secondary Enclosure
chamberAncillary chamber at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits
36.6573° N · 41.0655° ETell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Outlier Rock Art Panel
cairnOutlier cairn panel linked to Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector ceremonial landscape
36.6548° N · 41.0631° E