Verified36.4000° N · 42.3000° E · 300 m
Magzalia — Jarmo Outlier Neolithic Village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE)·Jarmo-related·🇮🇶 Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
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About Magzalia — Jarmo Outlier Neolithic Village
Magzalia — Jarmo Outlier Neolithic Village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Jarmo-related. Dry-farmed Neolithic hamlet 0.5 ha with plastered floors near Magzalia hill. Bader Magzalia 7000 BCE pisé houses with goat bones.
Why it mattersKey Jarmo-related reference for transition
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade route evidence
- 02Neolithic origins
Theories
- 01Earliest farming model
- 02Desert port logistics
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. 7000 BCE
- Period
- Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE)
- Culture
- Jarmo-related
- Purpose
- Dry-farmed Neolithic hamlet 0.5 ha with plastered floors near Magzalia hill
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 7000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1950 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
36.4000° N · 42.3000° E · 300 m · 4 mapped features
Magzalia — Jarmo Outlier Neolithic Village — House Cluster
houseHouses
36.4001° N · 42.3001° EMagzalia — Jarmo Outlier Neolithic Village — Midden
middenMidden
36.3998° N · 42.3002° EMagzalia — Jarmo Outlier Neolithic Village — Roundhouse Circle
roundhouseRoundhouse
36.4004° N · 42.2998° EMagzalia — Jarmo Outlier Neolithic Village — Substructure
subLower building
36.3996° N · 42.2999° E