Tell Kashkashok II
Kashkashok · Tell Kashkashok
Proto-Hassuna to Ubaid (c.6200–4200 BCE)·Hassuna–Samarra → Halaf → Ubaid·🇸🇾 Hasaka Governorate, Upper Khabur, Syria
About
About Tell Kashkashok II
Small Neolithic tell in the Upper Khabur near the Wadi Jaghjagh, excavated by Takuya Matsutani. Stratified Proto-Hassuna through Late Halaf to Ubaid (c.6200–4200 BCE) with oval tholoi, stamp seals and Ubaid painted ware.
Why it mattersKey Hasaka Governorate, Upper Khabur sequence for Proto-Hassuna to Ubaid (c.6200–4200 BCE); farming village at khabur headwaters.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Tell Kashkashok II relative to neighbouring centres?
Theories
- 01Regional centre hypothesis for Hasaka Governorate
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Proto-Hassuna c.6200 BCE
- Period
- Proto-Hassuna to Ubaid (c.6200–4200 BCE)
- Culture
- Hassuna–Samarra → Halaf → Ubaid
- Builders
- Hassuna–Samarra communities
- Purpose
- Farming village at Khabur headwaters
- Rediscovered
- 20th century survey
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
1960
Foundation/earliest horizon
1980
Major excavations
2020
Conservation/monitoring
On the ground
Structures & features
36.7200° N · 41.2200° E · 360 m · 2 mapped features
Halaf tholoi
structureOval mudbrick tholos houses with painted plaster
36.7202° N · 41.2203° EUbaid painted horizon
depositLate Halaf–Ubaid painted pottery workshop
36.7198° N · 41.2197° E