Jerf el Ahmar explained
Jerf el Ahmar (ar|الجرف الأحمر) is a Neolithic site in northern Syria, which dated back between 9,500 and 8,700 BC.[1] [2] [3]
History
Jerf el Ahmar contained a sequence of round and rectangular buildings, which is currently flooded by the Lake Assad following the construction of the Tishrin Dam. For five centuries, the site was shaped by the Mureybet culture, which had artifacts such as flint weapons and decorated small stones. The first transitions to agriculture in the region could be observed by the discovery of wild barley and einkorn.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] The first evidence of lentil domestication appears in the early Neolithic at Jerf el Ahmar.[10]
Notes and References
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- George Willcox . The distribution, natural habitats and availability of wild cereals in relation to their domestication in the Near East: multiple events, multiple centres . Vegetation History and Archaeobotany . 14 . 534–541 . 2005 . 4 . 10.1007/s00334-005-0075-x . 2022-05-14 . 2022-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221221173003/http://g.willcox.pagesperso-orange.fr/archaeobotanical%20images/PDF/Willcox%20VHA%202005.pdf . dead .
- Book: Stordeur, Danielle . Le village de Jerf el Ahmar (Syrie, 9500-8700 av. J.-C.): L'architecture, miroir d'une société néolithique complexe . CNRS Éditions . 2019 . fr . 9782271130488 .
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- Book: Potts, D. T. . A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East . 2012-05-21 . John Wiley & Sons . 978-1-4051-8988-0 . en.
- Weiss . Ehud . Kislev . Mordechai E. . Hartmann . Anat . 2006 . Autonomous Cultivation Before Domestication . . 312 . 5780 . 1608–1610 . 10.1126/science.1127235 . 16778044. 83125044 .
