Area B: stratigraphy and architecture of the temples mound at Tell Zurghul, Iraq

The chapter presents the results of the excavation carried out during the first and third season of excavations at Tell Zurghul in 2015 and 2017. Area B is located on the top and Western slope of Mound B. Archaeological evidence so far uncovered points to the existence of a stratified sequence of buildings that belong to the chronological phase of the Ubaid Period of Southern Mesopotamia. Moreover, although the knowledge of the architecture of the buildings is limited due to the levelling caused by continuous superimpositions and the heavy erosion of the mound (particularly to the West and South-West), the nature of the materials that have been registered suggests that the buildings can be identified with temples.