Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Southern Extension
Late Chalcolithic (4000-3200 BCE)·Uruk Period·🇸🇾 Al-Hasakah, Tell Brak, Syria
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About Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Southern Extension
Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Southern Extension 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 chamber 4 × 5 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 36.6597N 41.0466E 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 — Southern Extension main structure
c. 1157 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Southern Extension
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Southern Extension) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
36.6597° N · 41.0466° E · 362 m · 3 mapped features
Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Southern Extension — Main Temple-Complex Feature
cairnPrimary cairn at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Southern Extension — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
36.6591° N · 41.0453° ETell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Southern Extension — Secondary Enclosure
plazaAncillary plaza at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Southern Extension — burial gallery with stratified deposits
36.6591° N · 41.0451° ETell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Southern Extension — Outlier Rock Art Panel
reservoirOutlier reservoir panel linked to Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Southern Extension ceremonial landscape
36.6593° N · 41.0467° E