🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Hassuna
Neolithic Hassuna-Samarra (c.6000–5600 BCE) · Hassuna
Type site 1939–44 excavation by Seton Lloyd that defined the Hassuna painted pottery tradition of northern Iraq.
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🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Neolithic Hassuna-Samarra (c.6000–5600 BCE) · Hassuna
Type site 1939–44 excavation by Seton Lloyd that defined the Hassuna painted pottery tradition of northern Iraq.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Hassuna to Islamic (c.6200 BCE–1200 CE; archive Late Bronze c.1800 BCE) · Hassuna → Halaf → Ubaid → MBA Shamshera kingdom → Islamic
Dokan MBA palace mound with 150-tablet Shamshera kingdom archive (1800 BCE) on Lower Zab.