Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Eastern Outlier
Ubaid Period (6500-3800 BCE)·Ubaid·🇮🇶 Dhi Qar, Nasiriyah, Iraq
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About Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Eastern Outlier
Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Eastern Outlier in Dhi Qar, Nasiriyah, Iraq is a Ubaid Period (6500-3800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ubaid. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal necropolis 7 × 5 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 30.8228N 45.9892E controls access to Dhi Qar, Nasiriyah resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey temple-complex for Dhi Qar, Nasiriyah, illustrating Ubaid 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
- 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
- 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis
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. 5000 BCE
- Period
- Ubaid Period (6500-3800 BCE)
- Culture
- Ubaid
- Purpose
- Ceremonial centre and pilgrimage focus with stratified deposits
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 5000 BCE
Initial construction of Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Eastern Outlier main structure
c. 1035 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Eastern Outlier
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
30.8228° N · 45.9892° E · 7 m · 3 mapped features
Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Eastern Outlier — Main Temple-Complex Feature
moundPrimary mound at Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Eastern Outlier — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits
30.8238° N · 45.9876° EEridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Eastern Outlier — Secondary Enclosure
dromosAncillary dromos at Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Eastern Outlier — burial gallery with stratified deposits
30.8218° N · 45.9880° EEridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art Panel
structureOutlier structure panel linked to Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape
30.8218° N · 45.9907° E