Nineveh Buried Sennacherib Aqueduct Jerwan Segment
Nineveh Buried Sennacherib Aqueduct Jerwan Segment North Annex · Nineveh Site
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE)·Chalcolithic–EBA·🇮🇶 Nineveh, Jerwan, Iraq
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About Nineveh Buried Sennacherib Aqueduct Jerwan Segment
Nineveh Buried Sennacherib Aqueduct Jerwan Segment in Nineveh, Jerwan, 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 36.6670N 43.3670E controls access to Nineveh 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 Nineveh, Jerwan, 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
- 1982 survey
- Excavation
- Buried
c. 3800 BCE initial, major 2600 BCE
Initial construction of Nineveh Buried Sennacherib Aqueduct Jerwan Segment main structure
c. 1922
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1982–2012
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Nineveh Buried Sennacherib Aqueduct Jerwan Segment) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
36.6670° N · 43.3670° E · 234 m · 4 mapped features
Nineveh Buried Sennacherib Aqueduct Jerwan Segment — Main Structure
structurePrincipal tell — Mound 220 × 180 m with diagnostic masonry/panel
36.6678° N · 43.3679° ENineveh Buried Sennacherib Aqueduct Jerwan Segment — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature
36.6660° N · 43.3663° ENineveh Buried Sennacherib Aqueduct Jerwan Segment — Peripheral Feature
outlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial
36.6685° N · 43.3682° ENineveh Buried Sennacherib Aqueduct Jerwan Segment — Hydraulic/Cistern
hydraulicHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir or rock-cut channel associated with site
36.6654° N · 43.3659° E