Tell Begum is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in Iraq. It is located near Said Sadiq in the Shahrizor Plain in Iraqi Kurdistan. The archaeological site consists of a steep conical mound 9 metres (30 ft) high, and a lower mound. It covers an area of 5 hectares (12 acres). The site was first investigated in 1960 by a team of Iraqi archaeologists. In 2013, a new excavation was carried out by archaeologists from Leiden University. This project restudied the older excavations and also conducted limited new excavations.[1]
  Shown within Iraq  Tell Begum (Near East) | |
| Location | Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq |
|---|---|
| Region | Shahrazur |
| Coordinates | 35°17′58″N 45°53′01″E / 35.29944°N 45.88361°E |
| Type | tell |
| Area | 5 hectare |
| History | |
| Periods | Halaf culture, Late Chalcolithic |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1960; 2013 |
| Archaeologists | Muhammed Ali Mustafa, Olivier Nieuwenhuyse |
The oldest excavated layers date to Late Halaf period. After an apparent hiatus in occupation, the site was resettled in the Late Chalcolithic 1 (LC1) period and continued to be in use into the Late Chalcolithic 3 (LC3) period (4300-3600 BC). Medieval occupation has also been attested.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Shahrizor Survey Project". Leiden University. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ Nieuwenhuyse, Olivier; Odaka, Takahiro; Kaneda, Akemi; Mühl, Simone; Rasheed, Kamal; Altaweel, Mark (2016). "Revisiting Tell Begum: A Prehistoric Site in the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan". IRAQ. 78: 103–135. doi:10.1017/irq.2016.7. ISSN 0021-0889. S2CID 54802423.