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SITE ID - NAME :	U1	Umm Dabaghiyah
ANCIENT NAME :	-
OTHER NAME :	-
LOCATION :	North Iraq, Mosul
CHRONOLOGY :	Neolithic
PERIOD CODE :	3
DESCRIPTION :	A small prehistoric site that has provided the first indications of pre-Hassuna occupation in Mesopotamia. Kirkbride's excavations revealed a series of small rooms arranged in long blocks around a central open space. Some domestic animals were kept, but the people especially relied on hunting, in particular of wild ass or onager, which are also depicted on wall paintings. The domesticated cereal present were probably imported (perhaps exchanged for animal skins), as the region is not suited for dry farming. The pottery of the site (painted, incised, burnished and plan wares) resembles 'Archaic' Hassuna ceramics, as also found at Tell Sotto and Telul eth-Thalathat.
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