Tell Begum is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in

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. It is located near Said Sadiq in the Shahrizor Plain in

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. The

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consists of a steep conical mound high, and a lower mound. It covers an area of . The site was first investigated in 1960 by a team of Iraqi archaeologists. In 2013, a new excavation was carried out by archaeologists from

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. This project restudied the older excavations and also conducted limited new excavations. The oldest excavated layers date to Late Halaf period. After an apparent hiatus in occupation, the site was resettled in the Late Chalcolithic 1 (LC1) period and continued to be in use into the Late Chalcolithic 3 (LC3) period (4300-3600 BC). Medieval occupation has also been attested.

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Archaeological sites in Iraq Sulaymaniyah Governorate Halaf culture Ubaid period Tells (archaeology) Shahrizor plain {{DEFAULTSORT:Begum