In archaeology, a tell 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 ge
Tell Barri, northeastern Syria, from the west; this is 32 meters (105 feet) high, and its base covers 37 hectares (91 acres)
The Citadel of Aleppo, northern Syria, on top of a tell occupied since at least the third millennium BCE
Tel Megiddo, northern Israel
Tell Barri, northeastern Syria
A mound is a heaped pile of earth, gravel, sand, rocks, or debris. Most commonly, mounds are earthen formations such as hills and mountains, particularly if they appear artificial. A mound may be any
Tell (archaeology)
…In archaeology, a tell (from Arabic: تَلّ, tall 'mound, 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…
Grave Creek Mound, in Moundsville, West Virginia
Kościuszko Mound, Kraków, Poland
Oseberg Mound, Tønsberg, Norway
Mound known as Structure 101 located at the Yarumela archeological site in Honduras.