page_title: Hassuna culture
section_title: Proto-Hassuna
hierarchical_section_title: Hassuna culture / Proto-Hassuna
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Das Ausbreitungsgebiet der Umm Dabaghiyah-Sotto-Kultur
context_page_description: The Hassuna culture is a Neolithic archaeological culture in northern Mesopotamia dating to the early sixth millennium BC. It is named after the type site of Tell Hassuna in Iraq. Other sites where Hassuna material has been found include Tell Shemshara.
context_section_description: The site of Umm Dabaghiyah (de:Umm Dabaghiyah-Sotto-Kultur), in the same area of Iraq, is believed to have the earliest pottery in this region, and is sometimes described as a 'Proto-Hassuna culture' site. Other related sites in the area are Sotto, and Kul Tepe (Iraq).
  Another pre-Hassuna or proto-Hassuna site in Iraq is Tell Maghzaliyah.
  More recently, the concept of a very early 'Pre-Proto-Hassuna' pottery tradition has been introduced by some scholars. This has been prompted by more recent discoveries of still earlier pottery traditions.
caption: Some Proto-Hassuna sites
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