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May 2, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Report on the First Season of German-Kurdish Excavations at Muqable in 2015

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PPPeter PfälznerHQHasan Ahmed QasimKurdistan Regional GovernmentPSPaola Sconzo

Key Points

  • The research aims to investigate the Late Chalcolithic pre-stages of urbanisation in Northern Mesopotamia and examine a subordinate settlement of the Bronze Age.
  • Excavated two sites, Muqable I and III, since 2015
  • Joint project between the University of Tübingen and Directorate of Antiquities at Duhok
  • Focused on archaeological analysis of urban and settlement patterns.
  • Identified evidence of Late Chalcolithic settlement practices in the region
  • Provided insights into urbanisation processes leading to Bassetki
  • Revealed stratigraphic layers indicating continuity from the Bronze Age.

Abstract

The two sites of Muqable I and III in the province of Duhok in Iraq-Kurdistan are being excavated since 2015 in the frame of the joint project KUGAMID of the University of Tübingen and die Directorate of Antiquities at Duhok. The aim of the excavations is, on the one hand, to investigate the Late Chalcolithic pre-stages of the Northern Mesopotamian urbanisation and, on the other hand, to study a subordinate settlement in the environs of the Early to Late Bronze Age urban centre of Bassetki.

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Pfälzner et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f594ca71405d493afffa8bhttps://doi.org/10.34780/886f-03sf
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