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. Recorded context — Period: PPNA (9500–8700 BCE); Culture: Mureybetian PPNA; Field status: excavated; Materials: limestone, mudbrick, pisé; Condition: submerged — Tishrin reservoir.
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 Palacepalacepalace at Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30 — outlier feature36.3823° N · 38.1287° E
- Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30 — Temple Annex 2templetemple at Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30 — outlier feature36.3813° N · 38.1289° E
- Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30 — Southern Gategategate at Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30 — subsidiary complex36.3831° N · 38.1288° E