Tell Kashkashok
Archaeological site in the Khabur River Valley, north Syria
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Tell Kashashok (أخبر كاشكاشوك) is an archaeological site in the Khabur River Valley,[3] of Northern Syria.[4] The site is dated by pottery finds to the latter neolithic era,[5] and early Dynastic era.[6] The site was excavated by the Directorate General of Antiquities of Syria in 1987 and 1988.[7][8] The Early Dynastic era includes a destruction layer,[8] and an early adoption of cuneiform. It may have been known in antiquity as Kiš.[8] A few clay numerical tablets from the EB III were found.[9]
AlternativenameTell Kashkashuk
LocationHasakah Governorate, Syria
RegionUpper Mesopotamia
Coordinates36°38′20″N 40°38′21″E
أخبر كاشكاشوك | |
  Shown within Syria  Tell Kashkashok (Near East) | |
| Alternative name | Tell Kashkashuk |
|---|---|
| Location | Hasakah Governorate, Syria |
| Region | Upper Mesopotamia |
| Coordinates | 36°38′20″N 40°38′21″E |
| Type | archaeological site, cluster |
| Length | 250 metre (Kashkashok III) |
| Width | 220 metre (Kashkashok III) |
| Diameter | 50 metre (Kashkashok I) |
| Height | 2 metre (Kashkashok I), 20 metre (Kashkashok III) |
| History | |
| Periods | Halaf culture (Kashkashok I) |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1986–1991;[1] 1987–1990[2] |
| Archaeologists | Antoine Suleiman (Kashkashok III, Kashkashok I) |