Tell Halula — Euphrates Painted Pottery Village
PPNB to Early Halaf (8200–5300 BCE)·PPNB → Halaf (Amuq)·🇸🇾 Aleppo, Euphrates, Manbij area, Syria
About
About Tell Halula — Euphrates Painted Pottery Village
Euphrates village excavated by Molist 1991–, key Halaf transition sequence with painted Ubaid sherds.
Why it mattersKey PPNB → Halaf (Amuq) tell with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Astronomical alignment
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
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. 8200 BCE earliest
- Period
- PPNB to Early Halaf (8200–5300 BCE)
- Culture
- PPNB → Halaf (Amuq)
- Purpose
- Continuous Euphrates Neolithic stratigraphy (12 m) — PPNB to Halaf painted wares
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1870
- Excavation
- Excavated
1970 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Tell Halula — Euphrates Painted Pottery Village
c. 8200 BCE earliest
Initial construction / first occupation at Tell Halula — Euphrates Painted Pottery Village
On the ground
Structures & features
36.4500° N · 38.1500° E · 320 m · 3 mapped features
Tell Halula — Euphrates Painted Pottery Village — Principal Palace
palacepalace at Tell Halula — Euphrates Painted Pottery Village — primary structure
36.4499° N · 38.1519° ETell Halula — Euphrates Painted Pottery Village — Northern Temple
templetemple at Tell Halula — Euphrates Painted Pottery Village — primary structure
36.4486° N · 38.1482° ETell Halula — Euphrates Painted Pottery Village — Southern Gate
gategate at Tell Halula — Euphrates Painted Pottery Village — outlier feature
36.4484° N · 38.1489° E