Tell Qaramel reveals FIVE main occupation phases spanning at least 2,000 years of continuous habitation. Architecture evolved from OVAL houses in earlier phases to RECTANGULAR ones later — over 60 dwellings found, each around 9-10 square meters with hard clay floors and low perimeter benches. Researchers consider it the most important pre-Pottery Neolithic site for studying how settlement layouts evolved over generations. The site shows remarkable continuity in community life across millennia.
Four archaeological horizons show 2,000 years of continuous occupation and architectural evolution
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Key facts
- Five archaeological horizons identified: H0 to H4
- H0 Epipaleolithic phase dates 18,890-12,980 years ago (inconclusive)
- H1 dates 12,890-11,670 years ago
- H2 dates 12,670-11,250 years ago
- H3 dates 11,820-10,710 years ago
- H4 dates 11,310-10,780 years ago
- Continuous occupation for at least 2,000 years
- Construction evolved from oval in H1 and H2 to rectangular in H3
- Over 60 circular and oval houses found
- Dwellings 9-10 square meters with hard clay floors and low perimeter benches
- Site considered most important pre-Pottery Neolithic site for studying settlement evolution
Sources
Tell Qaramel - Centrum Archeologii Śródziemnomorskiejpcma.uw.edu.pl
The settlement excavated in Tell Qaramel covers almost 3.5 ha and includes relics from the Proto-Neolithic and early Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPNA).
EB IVB pottery from Tell Qaramel (western Syria)journals.openedition.org
Tell Qaramel is located in western Syria, on the western bank of the Queiq River valley. Although the site, excavated between 1999 and 2011 by a ...
Tell Qaramel - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
Tell Qaramel is a tell, or archaeological mound, located in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, 25 km north of Aleppo in the Queiq river basin.
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