Tell Hadidi Buried Late Bronze Tablet House
Tell Hadidi Buried Late Bronze Tablet House North Annex · Tell Site
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE)·Chalcolithic–EBA·🇸🇾 Raqqa, Tell Hadidi, Syria
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About Tell Hadidi Buried Late Bronze Tablet House
Tell Hadidi Buried Late Bronze Tablet House in Raqqa, Tell Hadidi, Syria is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal mound 220 × 180 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 36.0320N 38.1600E controls access to Raqqa resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey tell for Raqqa, Tell Hadidi, illustrating Chalcolithic–EBA 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. 3800 BCE initial, major 2600 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE)
- Culture
- Chalcolithic–EBA
- Purpose
- Multi-period settlement mound with stratified urban sequence
- Rediscovered
- 1976 survey
- Excavation
- Buried
c. 3800 BCE initial, major 2600 BCE
Initial construction of Tell Hadidi Buried Late Bronze Tablet House main structure
c. 1916
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1976–2006
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tell Hadidi Buried Late Bronze Tablet House) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
36.0320° N · 38.1600° E · 192 m · 4 mapped features
Tell Hadidi Buried Late Bronze Tablet House — Main Structure
structurePrincipal tell — Mound 220 × 180 m with diagnostic masonry/panel
36.0328° N · 38.1609° ETell Hadidi Buried Late Bronze Tablet House — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature
36.0310° N · 38.1593° ETell Hadidi Buried Late Bronze Tablet House — Peripheral Feature
outlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial
36.0335° N · 38.1612° ETell Hadidi Buried Late Bronze Tablet House — Hydraulic/Cistern
hydraulicHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir or rock-cut channel associated with site
36.0304° N · 38.1589° E