Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin Neolithic Village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8200–7000 BCE)·PPNB–Ramad culture·🇸🇾 Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria
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About Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin Neolithic Village
Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin Neolithic Village in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8200–7000 BCE) tell attributed to PPNB–Ramad culture. Mound near Damascus with plastered roundhouses and early domesticated emmer wheat. Contenson Tell Ramad 8200 BCE with plastered floors and grain caches, Damascus basin earliest farming.
Why it mattersKey PPNB–Ramad culture origin village
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Neolithic origins
- 02Halaf sequence refinement
Theories
- 01Pottery origins model
- 02Early village aggregation
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. 8200 BCE
- Period
- Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8200–7000 BCE)
- Culture
- PPNB–Ramad culture
- Purpose
- Mound near Damascus with plastered roundhouses and early domesticated emmer wheat
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 8200 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1930 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
33.3600° N · 36.0200° E · 900 m · 3 mapped features
- Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin Neolithic Village — High Tell SummitsummitSummit mound33.3601° N · 36.0201° E
- Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin Neolithic Village — Peripheral PitspitsPeripheral pit houses and workshops33.3598° N · 36.0202° E
- Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin Neolithic Village — Fort Wall SectionwallFortification or enclosure33.3604° N · 36.0198° E