Tell Qaramel, about 25 km north of Aleppo in northern Syria, was occupied in separate early and later phases—not continuously from 12,890 to 10,870 years ago. Its earliest Dederiyeh occupation predates Gobekli Tepe; the later Qaramel phase, around 10,870–10,550 cal BP, overlapped the start of the Younger Dryas and Gobekli Tepe's early period. A hiatus separates the phases. The settlement was sedentary and pre-pottery, with no evidence of agriculture or animal domestication.
Tell Qaramel began before Göbekli Tepe, but its occupation was not continuous
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- Tell Qaramel is in northern Syria, about 25 km north of Aleppo.
- The radiocarbon chronology separates an earlier Dederiyeh phase from a later Qaramel phase, with a hiatus between them. The range 12,890–10,870 years ago is not one continuous occupation span.
- The later Qaramel phase, dated to roughly 10,870–10,550 cal BP, coincided with the beginning of the Younger Dryas. The evidence does not support continuous occupation throughout and after that period.
- Tell Qaramel's earliest occupation predates Gobekli Tepe, while its later phase overlaps Gobekli Tepe's early period.
- The settlement was sedentary and pre-pottery, with no evidence of agriculture or animal domestication.
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Study of Neolithic human graves from Tell Qaramel in ...researchgate.net
In this paper we present the results of the archaeological survey carried out by a Syrian-Lebanese-Spanish mission in the Homs Gap (Syria) during the campaigns ...
Tell Qaramelen.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.
EB IVB pottery from Tell Qaramel (western Syria)journals.openedition.org
by D Ławecka · 2016 · Cited by 1 — 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 - Archaeological site north of Aleppo, Syriaaroundus.com
Tell Qaramel is an archaeological site in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, featuring several stone towers and structures that span a fertile river ...
Tell Qaramelpcma.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).
(PDF) Chronology of the Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic ...researchgate.net
The radiocarbon dates indicate that Dederiyeh occupation dates from at least the late 15th and the 14th millennia BP, with the possibility ...
Archaeological Excavations at Tell Qaramel 1999-2011 ...academia.edu
from 1999 to 2011, ancient occupations, i.e. from 10,700 BC until 9400 BC
The Rise of Humanity: Abu Hureyra and Tell Qaramel, 10000 ...lewisrhystwiby.wordpress.com
11,300 BCE until its initial abandonement around 9400 BCE, but it was re-occupied around 8800 BCE before being fully abandoned again around ...
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