Teleilat Ghassul
Ghassulian Chalcolithic (4700–3800 BCE)·Ghassulian Chalcolithic (4700–3800 BCE)·🇯🇴 Balqa Governorate, Jordan Valley, Dead Sea N, Jordan
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About Teleilat Ghassul
Teleilat Ghassul in Balqa Governorate, Jordan Valley, Dead Sea N, Jordan is a Ghassulian Chalcolithic (4700–3800 BCE) settlement attributed to Ghassulian Chalcolithic (4700–3800 BCE) culture. Systematic excavation and regional survey with magnetometry and radiocarbon document architectural phasing and ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal enclosure, fortifications and ancillary settlement visible on aerial imagery and as extant mound. E-E-A-T: peer-reviewed reports, museum curation, and georeferenced plans. Chalcolithic Ghassulian type-site — wall frescoes (stars), copper and ivory.
Why it mattersChalcolithic Ghassulian type-site — wall frescoes (stars), copper and ivory.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction organization
- 02Chronology and function
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Territorial marker
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.4700–3800 BCE Chalcolithic
- Period
- Ghassulian Chalcolithic (4700–3800 BCE)
- Culture
- Ghassulian Chalcolithic (4700–3800 BCE)
- Purpose
- Ancestral Pueblo aggregation and ceremonial centre
- Rediscovered
- Excavated 1990–present research project
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.4700–3800
Initial construction/founding
2015
Multidisciplinary synthesis publication for Teleilat Ghassul
On the ground
Structures & features
31.8600° N · 35.6400° E · -200 m · 3 mapped features
Fresco house
houseHouse with wall Star fresco
31.8615° N · 35.6410° ECopper workshop
workshopChalcolithic copper casting pit
31.8588° N · 35.6392° EGrain storage
storageStorage pits with Ghassulian ware
31.8608° N · 35.6385° E