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<< Text Pages >> Abu Hureyra - Ancient Village or Settlement in Syria

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Multi-periodSite Name: Abu Hureyra Alternative Name: Tell Abu Hureyra
Country: Syria
NOTE: This site is 21.453 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Aleppo  Nearest Village: Under Lake Nasser
Latitude: 35.907717N  Longitude: 38.332595E
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1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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4Short walk on a footpath
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Syria

Tell Abu Hureyra was an ancient settlement in northern Syria on a plateau near a south bank of the Euphrates River, presently beneath Lake Assad in northern Syria to the east of Aleppo. It is said to show the earliest known evidence of agriculture anywhere with the cultivation of rye from around 11,050 BCE. An Epipalaeolithic settlement with only a couple of hundred people was established around 11,500 BCE, probably by the Natufian culture. It consisted of a small number of round huts. After a period of abandoment, a much larger Neolithic settlement was established with mud-brick houses on a large mound from the remains of old houses. Pottery was used from around 6000 BCE and weaving some time before that. The village was abandoned completely around 5900 BCE. The site was excavated in 1972 and 1973 in a rescue excavations before it was flooded under Lake Assad.
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Re: Abu Hureyra by Anonymous on Wednesday, 10 September 2008
I really love it! My parents lived there:D We are these days living in a Tell Abu Hereyra settlement! It's called ukuri, and we live in ancient like houses! So I think it's really cool! We are now at our yearly visit to the big city! We are very poor and gay:d That's how we like it!

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Re: Abu Hureyra by Anonymous on Tuesday, 29 January 2008
I like Tell Abu Hureyra. It is my favourite Neolithic settlement.
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