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SITE ID - NAME :	H2	Hassuna (Tell)
ANCIENT NAME :	-
OTHER NAME :	-
LOCATION :	North Iraq, Mosul
CHRONOLOGY :	Neolithic; Chalcolithic; Early Historic
PERIOD CODE :	3 5 12
DESCRIPTION :	In the 1940's excavations of this site near the confluence of the Upper Zab by Lloyd and Safar resulted in the definition of the Hassuna culture complex. The 17 levels fall into four cultural phases. The first, deepest, level is marked by ephemeral occupation of a perhaps semi-sedentary community whose material culture is largely similar to that found at Umm Dabaghiyah. Following are levels of respectively 'Archaic Hassuna' and 'Standard Hassuna', marked by simple rectangular multi-roomed architecture and rather coarse pottery. The Hassuna deposits are covered by five Halaf and three Ubaid levels, on their turn capped by much later deposits.
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