• Tell es-Sawwan is an important Samarran period archaeological site in Saladin Province, Iraq. It is located 110 kilometres (68 mi) north of Baghdad, and...
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    Samarra Tell Shemshara Tell es-Sawwan The Samarra culture is a Late Neolithic archaeological culture of northern Mesopotamia, roughly dated to between...
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    similar to the Proto-Hassuna of Tell el-Sawwan. However, the buildings are much larger than those at Tell es-Sawwan: wooden posts support the roof, while...
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    authored two books on the structural design and stone industries of Tell es Sawwan, and gave several presentations on the current museum conditions and...
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    irrigation has been found at several sites dating to this period, including Tell es-Sawwan. During the 5th millennium BCE, or late Ubaid period, northeastern Syria...
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  • Keppe Tell Agrab Tell al-Fakhar Tell al-Rimah Tell al-'Ubaid Tell Arpachiyah Tell Bazmusian Tell Begum Tell el-'Oueili Tell es-Sawwan Tell Hassuna Tell Ishchali...
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  • Mueang Bueng Kan District, in Bueng Kan Province, northeastern Thailand Tell es-Sawwan, an important Samarran period archaeological site in Saladin Province...
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    University of Chicago Oriental Institute (USA) Female figurine found in the Tell es Sawwan (middle Tigris, near Samarra), level 1, ca. 6000 BCE. The Ubaid period...
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    ed-Diniyeh) Tell es-Sawwan Nerebtum or Kiti (Tell Ishchali) Tell Agrab Dur-Kurigalzu (Aqar Quf) Shaduppum (Tell Harmal) Tell al-Dhiba'i Tell Muhammad Seleucia...
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  • abundance in layers 13–9, shows stylistic links with that of Hassuna and Tell es-Sawwan. Obsidian was the preferred material for stone tools, with flint making...
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    6200–5700 BC; Vorderasiatisches Museum Female figurine found in the Tell es Sawwan (middle Tigris, near Samarra), level 1; circa 6000 BC; alabaster; Louvre...
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    cylinder seals entirely. Eshnunna (T. Asmar), Shaduppum (T. Harmal), Mari (Tell Hariri), Sippar-Yahrurum (T. Abu Habbah), Sippar-Amnanum (T. ed-Der), Babylon...
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    Yarim Tepe (category Tells (archaeology))
    high quality marble vessels, with parallels at Tell es-Sawwan and Umm Dabaghiyah. Tell Maghzaliyah Tell Arpachiyah Jarmo [1]Merpert, Nikolai I., and R...
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  • painted pottery and elaborate clay female figurines. Choga Mami is the largest Tell in the Mandali region. Excavators David and Joan Oates describe the site...
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  • mid-1980s. He revealed several archaeological sites in Iraq, including Tell es-Sawwan in Samarra in Saladin Governorate, which was from the Stone Age. He...
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