Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace
Tell Chuera
Early Bronze Age (3000–2200 BCE)·Early Syrian (Kranzhügel)·🇸🇾 Hasakah, Jazira, north Syria, Syria
About
About Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace
Chuera excavated by Moortgat 1958–76 and Meyer, rare stone temple on tell, double wall with gates, early palace. Recorded context — Period: Early Bronze Age (3000–2200 BCE); Culture: Early Syrian (Kranzhügel); Field status: excavated; Materials: mudbrick, limestone; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Early Syrian (Kranzhügel) tell with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment
- 02Trade network extent
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Observatory
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. 2800 BCE Steinbau I; Chuera double-walled town 2600 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age (3000–2200 BCE)
- Culture
- Early Syrian (Kranzhügel)
- Purpose
- Double-walled Kranzhügel with Anatolian-style antentempel — rare Steinbau architecture
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1865
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 400 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace
1920 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace
On the ground
Structures & features
36.2650° N · 40.8950° E · 420 m · 3 mapped features
- Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace — Principal Palacepalacepalace at Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace — primary structure36.2652° N · 40.8960° E
- Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace — Temple Annex 2templetemple at Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace — outlier feature36.2636° N · 40.8970° E
- Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace — Southern Gategategate at Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace — subsidiary complex36.2653° N · 40.8961° E