page_title: Yarim Tepe
hierarchical_section_title: Yarim Tepe
caption_attribution_description: English&#x3a;&#32; Blank physical map of the Middle East -- Middle East during the Chalcolithic ageFrançais&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Carte physique vierge du Moyen-Orient.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Yarim Tepe on the map of the Middle East during Chalcolithic age (centre)
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