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| Location | Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq |
|---|---|
| Region | Shahrazur |
| Coordinates | 35°17′58″N 45°53′01″E / 35.29944°N 45.88361°E / 35.29944; 45.88361 |
| Type | tell |
| Area | 5 hectare |
| History | |
| Periods | Halaf culture, Late Chalcolithic |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1960; 2013 |
| Archaeologists | Muhammed Ali Mustafa, Olivier Nieuwenhuyse |
Tell Begum is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in Iraq. It is located near Said Sadiq in the Shahrizor PlaininIraqi Kurdistan. The archaeological site consists of a steep conical mound 9 metres (30 ft) high, and a lower mound. It covers an area of 5 hectares (12 acres). 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.[1][2]
