Jerf el Ahmar Twin Mounds

Why it mattersJerf el Ahmar Twin Mounds at Aleppo, Middle Euphrates, Syria is a PPNA ancient village of the PPNA Middle Euphrates tradition, built c. 9500 BCE for twin-mound

Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.

Built

c. 9500 BCE

Period

PPNA

Culture

PPNA Middle Euphrates

Purpose

Twin-mound PPNA village EA30 communal

Excavation

Excavated

1. c. 9500 BCE

   Initial construction / first occupation at Jerf el Ahmar Twin Mounds

2. 19th–20th century

   Excavation and research at Jerf el Ahmar Twin Mounds

• Jerf el Ahmar Twin Mounds Main Ancient-Village Feature

  ancient village

  Primary ancient-village feature at Jerf el Ahmar Twin Mounds – central twin-mound ppna village ea30 communal element with stratified deposits

  36.3847° N · 38.1459° E

• Jerf el Ahmar Twin Mounds Secondary Enclosure

  enclosure

  Ancillary enclosure/wall line at Jerf el Ahmar Twin Mounds defining settlement or ritual space

  36.3846° N · 38.1459° E

• Jerf el Ahmar Twin Mounds Outlier Rock Art Panel

  rock art

  Outlier cup-mark/petroglyph panel linked to Jerf el Ahmar Twin Mounds ceremonial landscape

  36.3848° N · 38.1457° E

• Jerf el Ahmar Twin Mounds Reservoir Cistern

  hydraulic

  Rock-cut cistern/reservoir for water management

  36.3846° N · 38.1457° E