Tell Begum is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in Iraq. It is located near Said Sadiq in the Shahrizor Plain in Iraqi Kurdistan. The archaeological site consists of a steep conical mound 9 metres (30 ft) high, and a lower mound. It covers an area of 5 hectares (12 acres). The site was first investigated in 1960 by a team of Iraqi archaeologists. In 2013, a new excavation was carried out by archaeologists from Leiden University. This project restudied the older excavations and also conducted limited new excavations.[1]

Tell Begum
Tell Begum is located in Iraq
Tell Begum
Shown within Iraq
Tell Begum is located in Near East
Tell Begum
Tell Begum (Near East)
LocationSulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq
RegionShahrazur
Coordinates35°17′58″N 45°53′01″E / 35.29944°N 45.88361°E / 35.29944; 45.88361
Typetell
Area5 hectare
History
PeriodsHalaf culture, Late Chalcolithic
Site notes
Excavation dates1960; 2013
ArchaeologistsMuhammed Ali Mustafa, Olivier Nieuwenhuyse

The oldest excavated layers date to Late Halaf period. After an apparent hiatus in occupation, the site was resettled in the Late Chalcolithic 1 (LC1) period and continued to be in use into the Late Chalcolithic 3 (LC3) period (4300-3600 BC). Medieval occupation has also been attested.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Shahrizor Survey Project". Leiden University. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  2. ^ Nieuwenhuyse, Olivier; Odaka, Takahiro; Kaneda, Akemi; Mühl, Simone; Rasheed, Kamal; Altaweel, Mark (2016). "Revisiting Tell Begum: A Prehistoric Site in the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan". IRAQ. 78: 103–135. doi:10.1017/irq.2016.7. ISSN 0021-0889. S2CID 54802423.