Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site
Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site Tell
Hassuna (6000–5800 BCE)·Hassuna culture·🇮🇶 Nineveh Governorate, Tigris plain, Iraq
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About Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site
Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site in Nineveh Governorate, Tigris plain, Iraq is a Hassuna (6000–5800 BCE) tell attributed to Hassuna culture culture. German and Syrian excavations document stratified sequence with ceramic seriation and radiocarbon. The site includes a principal mound and ancillary settlement.
Why it mattersKey Hassuna culture site illustrating Hassuna (6000–5800 BCE) tell traditions.
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Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Urban planning of Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site
- 02Chronology of lower town
Theories
- 01Administrative centre for Hassuna culture
- 02Trade hub on Euphrates/Khabur
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. 6000 BCE
- Period
- Hassuna (6000–5800 BCE)
- Culture
- Hassuna culture
- Purpose
- Type-site Hassuna painted pottery and Samarra transition
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 6000 BCE
Initial settlement
c. 2000 BCE
Major expansion and fortification
On the ground
Structures & features
36.1022° N · 43.1022° E · 600 m · 3 mapped features
- Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site — Main MoundmoundMain tell mound Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site 15 m high with stratified phases36.1030° N · 43.1030° E
- Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site — Lower TownsettlementLower town settlement 10 ha with houses and kilns36.1013° N · 43.1017° E
- Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site — Gate AreagateFortified gate with mudbrick walls and bastions36.1033° N · 43.1015° E
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