Places tagged “tell”

Mysteria

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30

PPNA (9500–8700 BCE) · Mureybetian PPNA

Euphrates PPNA village excavated by Stordeur 1995–99 rescue, EA30 with wild animal engravings and deliberate burning.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Bestansur

Early Neolithic (c.8000–7100 BCE; Bestansur horizon) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic B → Pottery Neolithic Shahrizor

Shahrizor PPNB town (8000–7100 BCE) with courtyard houses and plaster floors SE of Sulaymaniyah.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Can Hasan Höyük I

Chalcolithic (5500–3000 BCE) · Can Hasan

Can Hasan Höyük I in Karaman Province, Taurus foothills, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (5500–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Can Hasan culture.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Leilan — Shamshi-Adad Palace Acropolis

Early Bronze to Old Babylonian (2600–1700 BCE) · Amorite (Shubat-Enlil)

Weiss excavations 1979–, 4.2 ka BP abrupt arid collapse 2200 BCE evidence and Shamshi-Adad 1800 BCE correspondence.

🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell

Hakra Patti — Thal Desert Harappan Mound

Hakra to Mature Harappan (3500–1900 BCE) · Hakra ware then Harappan

Hakra Patti — Thal Desert Harappan Mound in Punjab, Pakistan is a Hakra to Mature Harappan (3500–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Hakra ware then Harappan.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Khamis — Euphrates Fortified Hamlet

Late Uruk to Early Bronze (3400–2400 BCE) · Late Uruk / Early Syrian

Bi'a hinterland mound excavated alongside Tuttul project, yielding Uruk contact ceramics and Early Bronze village phasing.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Hadidi — Azana

Bronze Age (2400–1200 BCE) · Mari-Ebla

Tell Hadidi — Azana in Aleppo Governorate, Euphrates, Syria is a Bronze Age (2400–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Mari-Ebla culture.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Tell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli

Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (3400–600 BCE) · Canaanite / Ammonite

Tell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (3400–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Ammonite.

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell el-Hesi — Petrie's Stratigraphic Tell

EB III to Arab (2600 BCE–1500 CE) · Early Bronze → Persian → Islamic layered

Shfela type-site excavated by Petrie 1890, Bliss 1891–93 and Fargo, first potsherd dating in Levant.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Tell el-Umeiri — Ammonite Capital Hinterland

Early Bronze Age to Persian (3200–332 BCE) · Ammonite

Tell el-Umeiri — Ammonite Capital Hinterland in Amman Plateau, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Persian (3200–332 BCE) tell attributed to Ammonite.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Sultantepe — Assyrian Library Archive Tell

Late Assyrian (750–610 BCE) · Neo-Assyrian provincial

Harran plain tell excavated by Lloyd & Gökçe 1951–52, yielding 600 tablets including Gilgamesh and astrological omens.

🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell

Tell Arqa

Neolithic to Crusader (c.6000 BCE–1300 CE; peak EB–Iron) · Halaf → EBA Levantine → Amorite → Egyptian–Canaanite → Phoenician → Crusader

Coastal plain tell near the Akkar river, French-Lebanese excavations by Jean-Paul Thalmann since 1978. Continuous Neolit...

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Gusir Höyük — Early Settlement Lake Shore

PPN (9300–8500 BCE) · PPN (Upper Tigris)

Siirt mound excavated by Karul 2016–, PPN village with anthropomorphic stele, early wheat and ritual bench.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Bderi — Khabur Halaf Settlement

Halaf to Uruk (6000–3200 BCE) · Halaf→Ninevite 5

Tell Bderi — Khabur Halaf Settlement in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Halaf to Uruk (6000–3200 BCE) tell attributed to Halaf→Ninevite 5.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Tell Jalul — Madaba Plain

Early Bronze Age to Islamic (3200 BCE–1400 CE) · Ammonite / Moabite / Byzantine

Tell Jalul — Madaba Plain in Madaba Plateau, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Islamic (3200 BCE–1400 CE) tell attributed to Ammonite / Moabite / Byzantine.

🇮🇷 Iran · Tell

Tepe Rivi — North Khorasan Median Fort

Median to Achaemenid (800–330 BCE) · Median then Achaemenid

Tepe Rivi — North Khorasan Median Fort in North Khorasan Province, Iran is a Median to Achaemenid (800–330 BCE) tell attributed to Median then Achaemenid.

🇮🇷 Iran · Tell

Ali Kosh

Early Neolithic (c.7500–6000 BCE; Ali Kosh sequence 7500–6000 BCE) · Bus Mordeh → Ali Kosh → Mohammed Jaffar (Deh Luran)

Deh Luran Neolithic eponym (7500–6000 BCE) defining Iran's Bus Mordeh–Ali Kosh sequence.

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tel Gerisa — Yarkon Gardens

Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) · Canaanite / Philistine

Tel Gerisa — Yarkon Gardens in Yarkon, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Philistine.

🇮🇷 Iran · Tell

Sheikh-e Abad

Aceramic Neolithic (c.8500–7700 BCE) · Zagros PPN (Sheikh-e Abad horizon)

Sahneh PPN mound (8500 BCE) with plastered houses and early goat — sister to Ganj Dareh.

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tel Qashish — Jezreel Crossing

Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) · Canaanite / Israelite

Tel Qashish — Jezreel Crossing in Jezreel Valley, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Israelite.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Tell Nimrin — Wadi Shu'eib Mouth

Chalcolithic to Byzantine (4500 BCE–600 CE) · Canaanite

Tell Nimrin — Wadi Shu'eib Mouth in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Chalcolithic to Byzantine (4500 BCE–600 CE) tell attributed to Canaanite. Valley tell at Wadi Shu'eib alluvial fan with EB water tunnel.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell