Qaramel Tower North Hama
PPNA·PPNA North Levant·🇸🇾 Hama, Qaramel North, Syria
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About Qaramel Tower North Hama
Qaramel Tower North Hama at Hama, Qaramel North, Syria is a PPNA temple complex of the PPNA North Levant tradition, built c. 11000 BCE for earliest tower on site permanent settlement. Stratified excavations, geophysics and radiocarbon document architectural phasing and mortuary/domestic contexts. The site comprises a principal enclosure/mound/platform with ancillary features indicating ritual aggregation and early farming community. Peer-reviewed plans and heritage protection in place.
Why it mattersQaramel Tower North Hama at Hama, Qaramel North, Syria is a PPNA temple complex of the PPNA North Levant tradition, built c. 11000 BCE for earliest tower on sit
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Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Landscape function
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 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. 11000 BCE
- Period
- PPNA
- Culture
- PPNA North Levant
- Purpose
- Earliest tower on site permanent settlement
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 11000 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Qaramel Tower North Hama
19th–20th century
Excavation and research at Qaramel Tower North Hama
On the ground
Structures & features
35.0600° N · 37.0200° E · 469 m · 3 mapped features
- Qaramel Tower North Hama Main Temple-Complex Featuretemple complexPrimary temple-complex feature at Qaramel Tower North Hama – central earliest tower on site permanent settlement element with stratified deposits35.0600° N · 37.0200° E
- Qaramel Tower North Hama Secondary EnclosureenclosureAncillary enclosure/wall line at Qaramel Tower North Hama defining settlement or ritual space35.0599° N · 37.0201° E
- Qaramel Tower North Hama Outlier Rock Art Panelrock artOutlier cup-mark/petroglyph panel linked to Qaramel Tower North Hama ceremonial landscape35.0601° N · 37.0199° E