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Yarim Tepe is an archaeological site of an early farming settlement that goes back to about 6000 BC, located in the Sinjar valley some 7km southwest from the town of Tal Afar in northern Iraq. The site consists of several hills reflecting the development of the Hassuna culture, and then of the Halaf and Ubaid cultures. The settlement was investigated between 1969 and 1976, and later by the Soviet archaeological expedition under the leadership of Rauf Munchaev and Nikolai Merpert.[1] Yarim Tepe excavationsYarim Tepe IThe hill known as Yarim-Tepe I belongs to Hassuna culture. The high central, oval-shaped core is 80 meters long and 30 meters wide. Some objects found here are reminiscent of those of Tureng Tepe in Iran. 13 building layers are found here, reflecting the main stages of this culture. The cultural level is 6.5 m deep. There are more than 1500 rectangular furnaces and ceramic ovens used for cooking. The earliest known kiln, dating to around 6000 BC, was found here.[2] The village had courtyards and small streets with rectangular mud-brick buildings. There were also public granaries. Burials of children in vessels were found, as well as various stone utensils, such as stone crushers, and hacksaws. The findings also include ceramic vases, female clay figurines, and other items. Metal items were also found, such as a lead bracelet, copper beads, as well as copper ore, which represents some of the oldest metallurgy in Mesopotamia.[3] Bovine bones were also found. Yarim Tepe IIYarim Tepe II is a settlement of the Halafian culture, belonging to the fifth millennium BC. It is located 250 m west of Yarim Tepe I, and is partly eroded by the nearby brook Joubara Diariasi.[4] Almost all of the dwellings are small one-room mud brick houses of the tholos plan. The cultural level is 7 m deep, and it consists of ten structural horizons. The bones of both domestic and wild animals were found, among them the bones of sheep, ox, goats, and pigs. Ceramic figured vessels in the shape of elephants and women were found among other pottery. Some ceramic containers have pictures of fish, birds, gazelles and other animals on them. Some pendant seals were also discovered, including a very old copper seal. The burial customs included cremations, and the burials of skulls[5] Yarim Tepe IIIYarim Tepe III is located right next to Yarim Tepe II. The hill is 10 m high. The pottery is typical for Northern Ubaid and Halaf. It was excavated in 1978-79.[6] At least three Ubaid building levels are found here on top of several Halaf levels. The uppermost levels of the Halaf cultural deposits are analogous to the Arpachiyah levels TT-6 to TT-8, and Tepe Gawra levels XVIII-XX. Three stone seal-pendants have also been found. MetallurgyMetal was already quite common at Yarim Tepe; as many as 21 examples of worked copper or copper ore were found in the lower levels of the settlement.[7] Even more remarkably, the earliest use of lead is also documented.
Kul Tepe (Iraq)Kul Tepe (Iraq) is a related site located about 6km due west from Yarim tepe. Two mounds there (Kultepe I, and Kultepe II) have been excavated. The lowest level of Kultepe I contains material of Sotto type (from nearby Tell Sotto), and above it there is archaic Hassuna materials.[11]The lowest level also contains three high quality marble vessels, with parallels at Tell es-Sawwan and Umm Dabaghiyah. See also
Notes1. ^Merpert N. Ya. 1993. The archaic phase of the Hassuna culture. In N. Yoffee, J. J. Clark (eds.), Early stages in the evolution of Mesopotamian civilization. Soviet excavations in Northern Iraq. The University of Arizona Press, Arizona: 115–127 2. ^{{cite book|author1=Piotr Bienkowski|author2=Alan Millard|title=Dictionary of the Ancient Near East|date=15 April 2010|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=978-0-8122-2115-2|page=233}} 3. ^Yarim Tepe thefreedictionary.com 4. ^N. Yoffee, J. J. Clark (eds.), [https://books.google.ca/books?id=OSFKqZVi7moC&pg=PA129 Early stages in the evolution of Mesopotamian civilization. Soviet excavations in Northern Iraq.] The University of Arizona Press, Arizona (1972, 1993 reprint) {{ISBN|0816513937}} p 129 5. ^Yarim Tepe thefreedictionary.com 6. ^N. Yoffee, J. J. Clark (eds.), [https://books.google.ca/books?id=OSFKqZVi7moC&pg=PA163 Early stages in the evolution of Mesopotamian civilization. Soviet excavations in Northern Iraq.] The University of Arizona Press, Arizona (1972, 1993 reprint) {{ISBN|0816513937}} p 163 7. ^Charles Keith Maisels, [https://books.google.ca/books?id=3Bnt7arxQPwC&pg=PA104 Early Civilizations of the Old World: The Formative Histories of Egypt, The Levant, Mesopotamia, India and China.] Routledge, 2003{{ISBN|1134837313}} p104 8. ^Moorey 1994: 294 9. ^Craddock 1995: 125 10. ^{{cite book|editor1-first=Daniel T.|editor1-last=Potts|title=A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East|volume=1|chapter=Northern Mesopotamia|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=P5q7DDqMbF0C&pg=PA302|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4443-6077-6|page=302|ref=harv}} 11. ^Charles Keith Maisels, [https://books.google.ca/books?id=3Bnt7arxQPwC&pg=PA128 Early Civilizations of the Old World: The Formative Histories of Egypt, The Levant, Mesopotamia, India and China.] Routledge, 2003{{ISBN|1134837313}} p128 Bibliography
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