Jemdet Nasr Buried Painted Pottery Kiln 4
Jemdet Nasr Buried Painted Pottery Kiln 4 North Annex · Jemdet Site
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE)·Chalcolithic–EBA·🇮🇶 Wasit, Jemdet Nasr, Iraq
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About Jemdet Nasr Buried Painted Pottery Kiln 4
Jemdet Nasr Buried Painted Pottery Kiln 4 in Wasit, Jemdet Nasr, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal mound 220 × 180 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 32.3850N 44.7430E controls access to Wasit resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey tell for Wasit, Jemdet Nasr, illustrating Chalcolithic–EBA 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
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
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. 3800 BCE initial, major 2600 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE)
- Culture
- Chalcolithic–EBA
- Purpose
- Multi-period settlement mound with stratified urban sequence
- Rediscovered
- 1992 survey
- Excavation
- Buried
c. 3800 BCE initial, major 2600 BCE
Initial construction of Jemdet Nasr Buried Painted Pottery Kiln 4 main structure
c. 1932
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1992–2007
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Jemdet Nasr Buried Painted Pottery Kiln 4) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
32.3850° N · 44.7430° E · 304 m · 4 mapped features
Jemdet Nasr Buried Painted Pottery Kiln 4 — Main Structure
structurePrincipal tell — Mound 220 × 180 m with diagnostic masonry/panel
32.3858° N · 44.7439° EJemdet Nasr Buried Painted Pottery Kiln 4 — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature
32.3840° N · 44.7423° EJemdet Nasr Buried Painted Pottery Kiln 4 — Peripheral Feature
outlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial
32.3865° N · 44.7442° EJemdet Nasr Buried Painted Pottery Kiln 4 — Hydraulic/Cistern
hydraulicHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir or rock-cut channel associated with site
32.3834° N · 44.7419° E