Tell Chuera Hurrian City
Early Bronze·Hurrian / Tell Chuera·🇸🇾 Raqqa, Tell Chuera, Syria
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About Tell Chuera Hurrian City
Tell Chuera Hurrian City at Raqqa, Tell Chuera, Syria is a Early Bronze ancient city of the Hurrian / Tell Chuera tradition, built c. 2800 BCE for walled hurrian city with palace antentempel. Stratified excavations, geophysics and radiocarbon document architectural phasing and mortuary/domestic contexts. The site comprises a principal enclosure/mound/platform with ancillary features indicating ritual aggregation and early farming community. Peer-reviewed plans and heritage protection in place.
Why it mattersTell Chuera Hurrian City at Raqqa, Tell Chuera, Syria is a Early Bronze ancient city of the Hurrian / Tell Chuera tradition, built c. 2800 BCE for walled hurria
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Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Landscape 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. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze
- Culture
- Hurrian / Tell Chuera
- Purpose
- Walled Hurrian city with palace Antentempel
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2800 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Tell Chuera Hurrian City
19th–20th century
Excavation and research at Tell Chuera Hurrian City
On the ground
Structures & features
35.8500° N · 39.8200° E · 380 m · 3 mapped features
Tell Chuera Hurrian City Main Ancient-City Feature
structurePrimary ancient-city feature at Tell Chuera Hurrian City – central walled hurrian city with palace antentempel element with stratified deposits
35.8501° N · 39.8201° ETell Chuera Hurrian City Secondary Enclosure
enclosureAncillary enclosure/wall line at Tell Chuera Hurrian City defining settlement or ritual space
35.8499° N · 39.8201° ETell Chuera Hurrian City Outlier Rock Art Panel
rock artOutlier cup-mark/petroglyph panel linked to Tell Chuera Hurrian City ceremonial landscape
35.8501° N · 39.8199° E