Yarim Tepe is an archaeological site of an early farming settlement that goes back to about 6000 BC. It is located in the Sinjar valley some 7km southwest from the town of Tal Afar in northern Iraq. The site consists of several hills reflecting the development of the Hassuna culture, and then of the Halaf and Ubaid cultures.
The settlement was investigated between 1969 and 1976, and later by the Soviet archaeological expedition under the leadership of Rauf Munchaev and Nikolai Merpert.[1][2][3][4][5]
- ^ [1]Merpert, Nikolai I., and R. M. Munchaev, "The Investigation of the Soviet Archaeological Expedition in Iraq in the Spring 1969: Excavations at Yarim Tepe, First Preliminary Report", Sumer 25, pp. 125-131, 1969
- ^ [2]Merpert, N. I., and R. Munchajev, "Excavations at Yarim Tepe 1970, Second Preliminary Report", Sumer 27, pp. 9–22, 1970
- ^ [3]Merpert, N. I., Munchajev, R. M., & Bader, N. O., "The investigations of the Soviet Expedition in Iraq 1973", Sumer, XXXII, pp. 25–61, 1976
- ^ [4]Merpert, Nikolai I., and R. M. Munchaev, "Soviet Expedition’s Research at Yarim Tepe III Settlement in Northwestern Iraq, 1978- 1979", Sumer 43, pp. 54-68, 1984
- ^ Merpert N. Ya. 1993. The archaic phase of the Hassuna culture. In N. Yoffee, J. J. Clark (eds.), Early stages in the evolution of Mesopotamian civilization. Soviet excavations in Northern Iraq. The University of Arizona Press, Arizona: 115–127