Tell Kashkashok

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]

Tell Kashkashok

أخبر كاشكاشوك
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Alternative name	Tell Kashkashuk
Location	Al-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)