Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Eastern Outlier
Late Chalcolithic (4000-3200 BCE)·Uruk Period·🇸🇾 Al-Hasakah, Tell Brak, Syria
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About Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Eastern Outlier
Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Eastern Outlier 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 3 × 6 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 36.6573N 41.0467E 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
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
Theories
- 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
- 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis
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
- Excavation ongoing
c. 3500 BCE
Initial construction of Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Eastern Outlier main structure
c. 972 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Eastern Outlier
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
36.6573° N · 41.0467° E · 363 m · 3 mapped features
- Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Eastern Outlier — Main Temple-Complex FeatureplazaPrimary plaza at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Eastern Outlier — burial gallery with stratified deposits36.6568° N · 41.0477° E
- Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Eastern Outlier — Secondary EnclosurereservoirAncillary reservoir at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Eastern Outlier — platform mound with stratified deposits36.6578° N · 41.0455° E
- Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art PanelmoundOutlier mound panel linked to Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape36.6554° N · 41.0468° E
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