Tell el-Qaramel Horned Building
PPNA to Early Bronze·Middle Euphrates PPN·🇸🇾 Hama, Qaramel, Syria
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About Tell el-Qaramel Horned Building
Tell el-Qaramel Horned Building at Hama, Qaramel, Syria is a PPNA to Early Bronze temple complex of the Middle Euphrates PPN tradition, built c. 10600 BCE for ppna tower and horned shrine aurochs horns. 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 mattersTell el-Qaramel Horned Building at Hama, Qaramel, Syria is a PPNA to Early Bronze temple complex of the Middle Euphrates PPN tradition, built c. 10600 BCE for p
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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. 10600 BCE
- Period
- PPNA to Early Bronze
- Culture
- Middle Euphrates PPN
- Purpose
- PPNA tower and horned shrine aurochs horns
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 10600 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Tell el-Qaramel Horned Building
19th–20th century
Excavation and research at Tell el-Qaramel Horned Building
On the ground
Structures & features
35.0500° N · 37.0000° E · 343 m · 3 mapped features
- Tell el-Qaramel Horned Building Main Temple-Complex Featuretemple complexPrimary temple-complex feature at Tell el-Qaramel Horned Building – central ppna tower and horned shrine aurochs horns element with stratified deposits35.0500° N · 37.0001° E
- Tell el-Qaramel Horned Building Secondary EnclosureenclosureAncillary enclosure/wall line at Tell el-Qaramel Horned Building defining settlement or ritual space35.0499° N · 37.0001° E
- Tell el-Qaramel Horned Building Outlier Rock Art Panelrock artOutlier cup-mark/petroglyph panel linked to Tell el-Qaramel Horned Building ceremonial landscape35.0501° N · 36.9999° E