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SITE ID - NAME :	A3	Ali Agha
ANCIENT NAME :	-
OTHER NAME :	Gird Ali Agha
LOCATION :	North Iraq, Erbil
CHRONOLOGY :	Neolithic
PERIOD CODE :	3
DESCRIPTION :	A low mound measuring ca. 80 by 100 m, located along the left bank of the Greater Zab. A small sounding mainly revealed a series of floors, a hearth, a pit, chipped stone tools, a ground stone celt, bone awls, beads, and some female human figurines. The Proto-Hassuna pottery appears to be transitional between that of Jarmo and Hassuna.
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