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Mureybet was archaeological. Located near the Euphrates river, in northern Syria
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Mureybetian was a culture, subdivided from pre-pottery neolithic a (PPNA). Named after Mureybet, an area found near the Euphrates river, in northern Syria Known for its archaeological significance. Particularly as it relates to the neolithic period and northern Mesopotamia. Mureybet is…
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Tell Abu Hureyra is Arabic: ة ر ي ر ه و ب أ ل ت. Evidence of a cosmic impact occured here 10800 years ago
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Located in present day Syria. In the upper Euphrates valley. A tell exists. And, represents the transitional phase between hunter gatherer and neolithic settled agricultural communities. About 120km east of Aleppo. Before the reservoir of Tabqa dam was flooded by lake…
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Jerf el Ahmar maybe much older than 10,000 years. It means red cliff. Though, now it’s barried under water
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Also spelled Jerf Ajram. Another very imporatant archaeological site dates to the neolithic period in Syria. The site is of great significance. It provides valuable insights into the early stages of agricultural practices and sedentary human settlements. It contained a sequence…
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Abu Hureyra, Syria + archaeological evidence for domestication
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > In 1963, despite the fact the project would eventually flood dozens of modern villages and ancient sites. The government of Syrian Arab Republic, decided to create dams on upper Euphrates river. Culminating a series of excavation and archaeological rescue operations. Among…
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Bouqras was a large Euphrates‑valley PPNB tell with evidence for early farming (wheat/barley, pulses), sheep/goat herding, long‑distance exchange (obsidian), & well organized rectangular mudbrick houses
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> Tell Bouqras compares with other northern Levant PPNB sites like Dja’de, Mureybet, and Abu HureyraIt is on the right bank of the Euphrates, 35 km SE of Deir ez‑Zor;Its economy was of rain‑fed cereals (emmer, einkorn, barley), pulses; sheep/goat…
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Tell Kosak Shamali is a multi‑period upper Euphrates tell with substantial PPNB & later Ubaid–Chalcolithic occupations
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> Its not the origin of animal domestication but shows early farming economies and, importantly, large-scale pottery workshops in later phases. In modern day nw Syria, Tell Kosak Shamali was a well known PPNB site. Tell Kosak Shamali was a…
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With early PPNB occupations, Tell Ain el‑Kerkh is now located in the NW of modern day Syria
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> Tell Ain el-Kerkh is in the Rouj Basin, 20 km SW of Idlib. It was part of a large tell complex on river/terrace systems of NW Syria The site shows early village farming economies, distinctive EPPNB lithic technology (naviform…
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Dja’de el‑Mughara was a major Late PPNA–Early PPNB village, on the Middle Euphrates. It is notable for one of the oldest known wall‑paintings, intensive wild‑cereal use & early funerary specialization
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> On the left (east) bank of the Middle Euphrates; Dja’de sits immediately adjacent to the river terraceThough proximity varies by site, many norther Levantine PPNA sites occupy river terraces and floodplains. Some of the ones include Mureybet, Jerf el‑Ahmar…
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Protected: Abu Hureyra II
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