Tell Chuera Northeast — Pottery Kiln Quarter 2600 BCE
Early Bronze (2600–2300 BCE Early Jezireh III)·Early Syrian Kranzhügel·🇸🇾 Hasakah, Tell Chuera outskirts, Syria
About
About Tell Chuera Northeast — Pottery Kiln Quarter 2600 BCE
Chuera suburb excavated alongside Steinbau by Meyer, production for 15 ha town. Recorded context — Period: Early Bronze (2600–2300 BCE Early Jezireh III); Culture: Early Syrian Kranzhügel; Field status: excavated; Materials: mudbrick kilns, pottery; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Early Syrian Kranzhügel tell with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
- 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. 2600 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze (2600–2300 BCE Early Jezireh III)
- Culture
- Early Syrian Kranzhügel
- Purpose
- Industrial kiln quarter of Kranzhügel — 12 updraught pottery kilns with wasters outside Chuera walls
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1962
- Excavation
- Excavated
1920 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Tell Chuera Northeast — Pottery Kiln Quarter 2600 BCE
c. 200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Tell Chuera Northeast — Pottery Kiln Quarter 2600 BCE
c. 2600 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Tell Chuera Northeast — Pottery Kiln Quarter 2600 BCE
On the ground
Structures & features
36.2700° N · 40.9000° E · 415 m · 4 mapped features
- Tell Chuera Northeast — Pottery Kiln Quarter 2600 BCE — Principal Palacepalacepalace at Tell Chuera Northeast — Pottery Kiln Quarter 2600 BCE — subsidiary complex36.2710° N · 40.9011° E
- Tell Chuera Northeast — Pottery Kiln Quarter 2600 BCE — Northern Templetempletemple at Tell Chuera Northeast — Pottery Kiln Quarter 2600 BCE — subsidiary complex36.2714° N · 40.9014° E
- Tell Chuera Northeast — Pottery Kiln Quarter 2600 BCE — Southern Gategategate at Tell Chuera Northeast — Pottery Kiln Quarter 2600 BCE — primary structure36.2693° N · 40.8992° E
- Tell Chuera Northeast — Pottery Kiln Quarter 2600 BCE — Eastern Palacepalacepalace at Tell Chuera Northeast — Pottery Kiln Quarter 2600 BCE — subsidiary complex36.2706° N · 40.8993° E