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    Jerf el Ahmar (Arabic: الجرف الأحمر) is a Neolithic site in northern Syria, which dated back between 9,500 and 8,700 BC. Jerf el Ahmar contained a sequence...
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    Khiamian culture (redirect from El-Khiam)
    the communal gathering building of Jerf el-Ahmar, and the monumental ceremonial complexes of Göbekli Tepe. Three El-Khiam points Göbekli Tepe, in south-eastern...
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    mustard plants as food dates to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPNA) site of Jerf el Ahmar in Syria. Here ground mustard seeds identified as belonging to the genus...
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    circular buildings at Göbekli Tepe, Nevalı Çori, Çayönü, Wadi Feynan 16, Jerf el-Ahmar, Tell 'Abr 3, and Tepe Asiab. Archaeologists typically associate these...
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    others, to the flooding of the important Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Jerf el Ahmar. An archaeological survey and rescue excavations were also carried out...
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    stage between the PPNA and PPNB between 8800 and 8600 BC at sites like Jerf el Ahmar and Tell Aswad. Alluvial plains (Sumer/Elam). Low rainfall makes irrigation...
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    Huleh, Tell Aswad, Tell Abu Hureyra, Tell Qaramel, Tell Mureibit, Jerf el Ahmar, Göbekli Tepe, Nevalı Çori, Hacilar, Çatalhöyük, Hallan Çemi Tepesi...
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    breaking dormancy in their first year, appears in the early Neolithic at Jerf el Ahmar (in modern Syria), and lentils quickly spread south to the Netiv HaGdud...
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  • construction of the dam. Among the oldest excavated and now flooded sites is Jerf el Ahmar, where a French mission worked between 1995 and 1999. Their work revealed...
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  • m in diameter and 15 m high. Jerf el-Ahmar Syria Asia 9500-8700 BCE Settlement Located in northern Syria, Jerf el Ahmar is particularly notable for its...
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