Tell Begum Explained

Map Type:	Near East
Relief:	yes
Coordinates:	35.2994°N 45.8836°W
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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 high, and a lower mound. It covers an area of . 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]

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.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shahrizor Survey Project. Leiden University. en-US. 2017-11-29.
2. Nieuwenhuyse. Olivier. Odaka. Takahiro. Kaneda. Akemi. Mühl. Simone. Rasheed. Kamal. Altaweel. Mark. Revisiting Tell Begum: A Prehistoric Site in the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan . 2016. IRAQ. 78. 103–135. 10.1017/irq.2016.7. 54802423 . 0021-0889.