1. Tell or tall (, tall, and , tel), meaning "hill" or "mound", is an archaeological site in the form of an earthen mound that results from the accumulation and subsequent erosion of material deposited by human occupation over long periods of time. A tell mostly consists of mudbrick or other architecture containing a high proportion of stone or loam as well as to a minor extent domestic refuse.

(arabisch) ganz allgemein Berg oder Hügel, so der östliche Ausläufer des algerischen Saharaatlas in Tunesien , und ein Gipfel des Hauran Gebirges in der Nähe des syrischen Damaskus , Tell ed-Dschena .