Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30
Jerf el-Ahmar
PPNA (9500–8700 BCE)·Mureybetian PPNA·🇸🇾 Aleppo, Euphrates, Tishrin Dam area, Syria
About
About Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30
Euphrates PPNA village excavated by Stordeur 1995–99 rescue, EA30 with wild animal engravings and deliberate burning.
Why it mattersKey Mureybetian PPNA tell with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Observatory
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 9500 BCE buildings; EA30 communal 9200 BCE
- Period
- PPNA (9500–8700 BCE)
- Culture
- Mureybetian PPNA
- Purpose
- PPNA village with large 7 m circular communal building with decorated bench and hearth
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1976
- Excavation
- Excavated
2005 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30
c. 9500 BCE buildings; EA30 communal 9200 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30
On the ground
Structures & features
36.3820° N · 38.1280° E · 310 m · 3 mapped features
Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30 — Principal Palace
palacepalace at Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30 — outlier feature
36.3823° N · 38.1287° EJerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30 — Temple Annex 2
templetemple at Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30 — outlier feature
36.3813° N · 38.1289° EJerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30 — Southern Gate
gategate at Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30 — subsidiary complex
36.3831° N · 38.1288° E