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SITE ID - NAME :	S2	Sotto (Tell)
ANCIENT NAME :	-
OTHER NAME :	Satto
LOCATION :	North Iraq, Mosul
CHRONOLOGY :	Neolithic
PERIOD CODE :	3
DESCRIPTION :	Located at the northern edge of the Mesopotamian plain, this mound is only 2.5 m high and covers about 2 ha. It is partly contemporary with Umm Dabaghiyah, located to the south. The earliest occupation seems to be represented by semi-subterranean dwellings such as found at M'lefaat and Qermez Dere. In Later, Pottery Neolithic, levels, however rectangular buildings were uncovered. Nine burials were placed under housefloors, or adjacent to houses. The architecture, objects and animals and plant remains indicate that Sotto (as it is commonly known) was a small farming village.
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