[1][2] It was first surveyed and studied in 1965–66 by Lorraine Copeland and Peter Wescombe with excavations later in the 1960s by Diana Kirkbride.

[2][3] The perimeter of the mound was buried under a metre of soil but the remains of rectangular buildings were found in 2 phases.

The wide variety of materials recovered included a stone assemblage of tools, obsidian blades, basalt bowls and hammers, clay sling ammunition, finely denticulated flint blades, scrapers, borers and a few axes.

These finds were significant as they represented the most southerly Halaf type painted pottery yet found.

This little farming village shares the material culture of Byblos and southern Syrian and Halaf sites to the north.