M'lefaat
Sign in to save'''M'lefaat''' is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in Upper Mesopotamia that was occupied during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tell
- Country
- Iraq
- Located in
- Nineveh Governorate
- Elevation
- 314
- Body of water
- Khazir River
- Location
- Upper Mesopotamia
- Diameter
- 90
- Height
- 3
- Significant event
- archaeological excavation
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- inception
- 10000-00-0
- director of archaeological fieldwork
- Stefan Kozłowski
- time period
- Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
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- History of research
- The site and its environment
- History of occupation
- See also
- References
'''M'lefaat''' is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in Upper Mesopotamia that was occupied during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A.
== History of research == The site was first excavated by Robert Braidwood in 1954 as part of their larger project on uncovering the early prehistory of the hilly flanks. At that time, the site was already damaged by the construction of a military installation during World War II. In 1984, a rescue excavation was carried out by the Mosul Department of Antiquities under the direction of Matti Baba Altun, as the site was threatened by road construction. Two further excavation seasons were conducted in 1989 and 1990, this time directed by Stefan Karol Kozłowski. M'lefaat is part of a small cluster of early Neolithic sites that have been excavated in northern Iraq and that also includes Qermez Dere and Nemrik 9.
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