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Multi-periodSite Name: Ain GhazalCountry: Jordan Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Amman
Latitude: 31.987593N Longitude: 35.976212E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Settlement in Jordan. Ain Ghazal is a Neolithic site located along the bank of the Zarqa River on the outskirts of Amman. It dates as far back as 7800 BCE, and was inhabited until 5000 BCE. At 15 hectares, 'Ain Ghazal ranks as one of the largest known prehistoric settlements in the Near East dating to the pre-pottery Neolithic.
Remarkably lifelike 7000 year old plaster statues were discovered there from 1983 onwards, which are now being restored.
Two caches of plaster statues were unearthed at 'Ain Ghazal, one in 1983 and the second in 1985. The 1983 cache of statuary contained more than 30 statues and busts and are dated by 14C to 7,800 BCE; the second cache (~8 statues and busts) has not been dated by 14C, but stratigraphically it appears to be a couple of hundred years younger, or around 7,500 to 7,600 BCE. (Comments from Ibex)
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