Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North — Eastern Outlier
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8500 BCE)·Natufian-PPN·🇵🇸 Jericho Governorate, Palestine
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About Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North — Eastern Outlier
Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North — Eastern Outlier in Jericho Governorate, Palestine is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8500 BCE) tell attributed to Natufian-PPN. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal platform 5 × 6 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 31.8703N 35.4475E controls access to Jericho Governorate resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey tell for Jericho Governorate, illustrating Natufian-PPN construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
Theories
- 01Tribal capital and ritual aggregation
- 02Seasonal gathering locus
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. 9000 BCE
- Period
- Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8500 BCE)
- Culture
- Natufian-PPN
- Purpose
- Multi-period settlement mound with stratified occupation
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 9000 BCE
Initial construction of Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North — Eastern Outlier main structure
c. 1014 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North — Eastern Outlier
1978–2016
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
31.8703° N · 35.4475° E · -10 m · 4 mapped features
- Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North — Eastern Outlier — Main Tell FeaturehydraulicPrimary hydraulic at Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North — Eastern Outlier — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits31.8712° N · 35.4466° E
- Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North — Eastern Outlier — Secondary EnclosurenecropolisAncillary necropolis at Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North — Eastern Outlier — enclosure wall with stratified deposits31.8715° N · 35.4455° E
- Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art PaneltempleOutlier temple panel linked to Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape31.8709° N · 35.4471° E
- Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North — Eastern Outlier — Hydraulic/Cistern AnnexchamberHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North — Eastern Outlier with plastered basin31.8717° N · 35.4461° E
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