Tell Kashkashok III
Tell Kashkashok III
Ubaid–Uruk (5200–3100 BCE)·Ubaid – Uruk·🇸🇾 Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur tributary, Syria
About
About Tell Kashkashok III
Tell Kashkashok III in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur tributary, Syria is a Ubaid–Uruk (5200–3100 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid – Uruk. Ubaid–Uruk village on Khabur tributary. Stratified deposits with radiocarbon sequence and imported materials trace long-distance exchange. Systematic and rescue excavations exposed houses, fortifications and craft zones preserved as a multi-period tell on aerial imagery.
Why it mattersKey Ubaid – Uruk sequence for Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur tributary; defines regional chronology for Ubaid–Uruk.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Phasing precision vs radiocarbon plateau
- 02Ritual vs domestic architecture?
Theories
- 01Regional centre model
- 02ceremonial/territorial marker
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.5200–3100 BCE
- Period
- Ubaid–Uruk (5200–3100 BCE)
- Culture
- Ubaid – Uruk
- Purpose
- Ubaid–Uruk village on Khabur tributary
- Rediscovered
- 1993 survey; systematic excavations
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c.5200
Initial founding / earliest level
c.2000 BCE
Major architectural rephase — walls and houses rebuilt in stone/mudbrick
1988
Modern systematic excavations / rescue programme
On the ground
Structures & features
36.6500° N · 40.7500° E · 360 m · 3 mapped features
Tell Kashkashok III — Central mound/acropolis
structureMain stratified summit with houses/fortifications and sequence
36.6503° N · 40.7502° ETell Kashkashok III — Lower town / extramural area
complexLower town or extramural cemetery/workshop zone
36.6496° N · 40.7503° ETell Kashkashok III — Craft / midden quarter
workshopWorkshop or midden with pottery and tools
36.6502° N · 40.7496° E
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