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    • In archaeology, a tell (from Arabic: ŘŞŮŽŮ„Ů‘, tall, 'mound' or 'small hill') is an artificial topographical feature, a mound consisting of the accumulated and stratified debris of a succession of consecutive settlements at the same site, the refuse of generations of people who built and inhabited them and natural sediment. Tells are most commonly associated with the ancient … See more

    Etymology

    The word tell is first attested in English in an 1840 report in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. It is derived from the Arabic ŘŞŮŽŮ„Ů‘ (tall) meaning "mound" or "hillock". Variant spellings include tall, tel, til and tal.
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    Formation

    A tell can form only if natural and man-made material accumulates faster than it is removed by erosion and human-caused truncation, which explains the limited geographical area they occur in.
    Tells are fo… See more

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