Site types
Open air site, settlement, and

Location

Coordinates (degrees)
036.390° N, 038.200° E
Coordinates (DMS)
036° 23' 00" E, 038° 12' 00" N
Country (ISO 3166)
Syrian Arab Republic (SY)

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dates (78)

Lab ID Context Material Taxon Method Uncalibrated age Calibrated age References
Beta-71866 NA 14C 9740±60 BP Mottram 1997 Weninger 2022
Beta-71870 NA 14C 9810±60 BP Mottram 1997 Weninger 2022
Ly-10647 NA 14C 9395±55 BP Weninger 2022
Ly-10648 NA 14C 9855±70 BP Weninger 2022
Ly-10649 NA 14C 9445±75 BP Weninger 2022
Ly-10650 charcoal NA 14C 9065±95 BP Marion Weninger 2022
Ly-10651 NA 14C 9965±55 BP Weninger 2022
Ly-10652 charcoal NA 14C 9705±135 BP Marion Weninger 2022
Ly-10653 charcoal NA 14C 9810±55 BP Marion Weninger 2022
Ly-1578 seed/fruit NA 14C 9440±60 BP Marion Weninger 2022
Ly-1579 seed/fruit Brassica 14C 9620±60 BP Weninger 2022
Ly-2334 seed/fruit NA 14C 9980±70 BP Borrell references>PPND Database Weninger 2022
Ly-2337 seed/fruit NA 14C 9900±70 BP Marion Weninger 2022
Ly-2597 seed/fruit NA 14C 9960±70 BP Marion Weninger 2022
Ly-2598 seed/fruit NA 14C 9715±65 BP Marion Weninger 2022
Ly-2599 seed/fruit NA 14C 9890±60 BP Marion Weninger 2022
Ly-2600 seed/fruit NA 14C 10595±75 BP Marion Weninger 2022
Ly-2601 seed/fruit NA 14C 9580±65 BP Marion Weninger 2022
Ly-2602 seed/fruit NA 14C 9835±70 BP Marion Weninger 2022
Ly-275 NA 14C 9790±80 BP Weninger 2022

typological date Typological dates (49)

Classification Estimated age References
Neolithic NA Mottram 1997
PPNA NA NA
Neolithic NA Mottram 1997
PPNA NA NA
Neolithic NA NA
PPNB NA NA
Neolithic NA NA
PPNA NA NA
Neolithic NA NA
PPNA NA NA
Neolithic NA Marion
Neolithic NA NA
PPNA NA NA
Neolithic NA Marion
Neolithic NA Marion
Neolithic NA Marion
Neolithic NA NA
PPNA NA NA
Neolithic NA Borrell references>PPND Database
Neolithic NA Marion

Bibliographic reference Bibliographic references

@misc{Mottram 1997,
  
}
@misc{Marion,
  
}
@misc{Borrell references>PPND Database,
  
}
@misc{Stordeur and Abbs 2002,
  
}
@misc{Willcox 2002,
  
}
@misc{Stordeur et al. 1997, Stordeur et al. 2001,
  
}
@misc{Stordeur et al. 1997, Stordeur et al. 2001, Banadora,
  
}
@misc{Willcox 1996; Benz 2014; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016,
  
}
@misc{Edwards et al. 2004; Benz 2014; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016,
  
}
@misc{Stordeur and Abbès 2002; Edwards et al. 2004; Benz 2014; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016,
  
}
@misc{Benz 2014; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016,
  
}
@misc{Stordeur and Abbès 2002; Benz 2014; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016,
  
}
@misc{Benz 2014;Flohr et al. 2016,
  
}
@misc{Willcox 2002; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016; Benz 2014,
  
}
@misc{Benz 2014,
  
}
@misc{Stordeur et al. 1997; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016,
  
}
@misc{Stordeur et al. 1997; Benz 2014; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016,
  
}
@misc{BANADORA; Benz 2014; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016,
  
}
@misc{Stordeur et al. 1997 Stordeur et al. 2001 Banadora,
  
}
@misc{Stordeur et al. 1997 Stordeur et al. 2001,
  
}
@misc{CalPal,
  title = {CalPal Edition 2022.9},
  author = {Weninger, Bernie},
  year = {2022},
  month = {sep},
  doi = {1010.5281/zenodo.7422618},
  url = {https://zenodo.org/record/7422618},
  abstract = {CalPal is scientific freeware for 14C-based chronological research for Holocene and Palaeolithic Archaeology.},
  copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, Open Access},
  howpublished = {Zenodo},
  month_numeric = {9}
}
@misc{CONTEXT,
  url = {http://context-database.uni-koeln.de/index.php},
  note = {Schyle, D. & Böhner, U. 2006. Near Eastern radiocarbon CONTEXT database. https://doi.org/10.1594/GFZ.CONTEXT.ED1}
}
@article{NERD,
  title = {The NERD Dataset: Near East Radiocarbon Dates between 15,000 and 1,500 Cal. Yr. BP},
  shorttitle = {The NERD Dataset},
  author = {Palmisano, Alessio and Bevan, Andrew and Lawrence, Dan and Shennan, Stephen},
  date = {2022-02-22},
  volume = {10},
  number = {0},
  pages = {2},
  publisher = {Ubiquity Press},
  issn = {2049-1565},
  doi = {10.5334/joad.90},
  url = {https://openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10.5334/joad.90},
  urldate = {2023-09-07},
  abstract = {To our knowledge, the dataset described in this paper represents the largest existing repository of uncalibrated radiocarbon dates for the whole Near East from the Late Pleistocene to the Late Holocene (15,000 – 1,500 cal. yr. BP). It is composed of 11,027 radiocarbon dates from 1,023 sites that have been collected comprehensively by cross-checking multiple sources (extant digital archives and databases, edited volumes, monographs, journals papers, archaeological excavation reports, etc.) under the umbrella of the Leverhulme Trust funded project “Changing the Face of the Mediterranean” and of the ERC project “CLASS – Climate, Landscape, Settlement and Society: Exploring Human-Environment Interaction in the Ancient Near East”. This is an ongoing dataset that will be updated step by step with newly published radiocarbon dates.},
  issue = {0},
  langid = {american},
  file = {/home/joeroe/g/work/library/2022/Palmisano_et_al_2022.pdf}
}
@article{p3k14c,
  title = {P3k14c, a Synthetic Global Database of Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates},
  author = {Bird, Darcy and Miranda, Lux and Vander Linden, Marc and Robinson, Erick and Bocinsky, R. Kyle and Nicholson, Chris and Capriles, José M. and Finley, Judson Byrd and Gayo, Eugenia M. and Gil, Adolfo and d’Alpoim Guedes, Jade and Hoggarth, Julie A. and Kay, Andrea and Loftus, Emma and Lombardo, Umberto and Mackie, Madeline and Palmisano, Alessio and Solheim, Steinar and Kelly, Robert L. and Freeman, Jacob},
  year = {2022},
  month = {jan},
  journal = {Scientific Data},
  volume = {9},
  number = {1},
  pages = {27},
  publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
  issn = {2052-4463},
  doi = {10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7},
  abstract = {Archaeologists increasingly use large radiocarbon databases to model prehistoric human demography (also termed paleo-demography). Numerous independent projects, funded over the past decade, have assembled such databases from multiple regions of the world. These data provide unprecedented potential for comparative research on human population ecology and the evolution of social-ecological systems across the Earth. However, these databases have been developed using different sample selection criteria, which has resulted in interoperability issues for global-scale, comparative paleo-demographic research and integration with paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental data. We present a synthetic, global-scale archaeological radiocarbon database composed of 180,070 radiocarbon dates that have been cleaned according to a standardized sample selection criteria. This database increases the reusability of archaeological radiocarbon data and streamlines quality control assessments for various types of paleo-demographic research. As part of an assessment of data quality, we conduct two analyses of sampling bias in the global database at multiple scales. This database is ideal for paleo-demographic research focused on dates-as-data, bayesian modeling, or summed probability distribution methodologies.},
  copyright = {2022 The Author(s)},
  langid = {english},
  keywords = {Archaeology,Chemistry},
  month_numeric = {1}
}
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:bibtex_key: Mottram 1997
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Marion
:bibtex_type: :misc
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:bibtex_key: Borrell references>PPND Database
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Stordeur and Abbs 2002
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Willcox 2002
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Stordeur et al. 1997, Stordeur et al. 2001
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Stordeur et al. 1997, Stordeur et al. 2001, Banadora
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Willcox 1996; Benz 2014; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Edwards et al. 2004; Benz 2014; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Stordeur and Abbès 2002; Edwards et al. 2004; Benz 2014; CalPal; Flohr
  et al. 2016
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Benz 2014; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Stordeur and Abbès 2002; Benz 2014; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Benz 2014;Flohr et al. 2016
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Willcox 2002; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016; Benz 2014
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Benz 2014
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Stordeur et al. 1997; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Stordeur et al. 1997; Benz 2014; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: BANADORA; Benz 2014; CalPal; Flohr et al. 2016
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Stordeur et al. 1997 Stordeur et al. 2001 Banadora
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
:bibtex_key: Stordeur et al. 1997 Stordeur et al. 2001
:bibtex_type: :misc
---
- :bibtex_key: CalPal
  :bibtex_type: :misc
  :title: "{CalPal Edition 2022.9}"
  :author: "{Weninger, Bernie}"
  :year: "{2022}"
  :month: "{sep}"
  :doi: "{1010.5281/zenodo.7422618}"
  :url: "{https://zenodo.org/record/7422618}"
  :abstract: "{CalPal is scientific freeware for 14C-based chronological research
    for Holocene and Palaeolithic Archaeology.}"
  :copyright: "{Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, Open Access}"
  :howpublished: "{Zenodo}"
  :month_numeric: "{9}"
---
- :bibtex_key: CONTEXT
  :bibtex_type: :misc
  :url: "{http://context-database.uni-koeln.de/index.php}"
  :note: "{Schyle, D. & Böhner, U. 2006. Near Eastern radiocarbon CONTEXT database.
    https://doi.org/10.1594/GFZ.CONTEXT.ED1}"
---
- :bibtex_key: NERD
  :bibtex_type: :article
  :title: "{The NERD Dataset: Near East Radiocarbon Dates between 15,000 and 1,500
    Cal. Yr. BP}"
  :shorttitle: "{The NERD Dataset}"
  :author: "{Palmisano, Alessio and Bevan, Andrew and Lawrence, Dan and Shennan, Stephen}"
  :date: "{2022-02-22}"
  :volume: "{10}"
  :number: "{0}"
  :pages: "{2}"
  :publisher: "{Ubiquity Press}"
  :issn: "{2049-1565}"
  :doi: "{10.5334/joad.90}"
  :url: "{https://openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10.5334/joad.90}"
  :urldate: "{2023-09-07}"
  :abstract: "{To our knowledge, the dataset described in this paper represents the
    largest existing repository of uncalibrated radiocarbon dates for the whole Near
    East from the Late Pleistocene to the Late Holocene (15,000 – 1,500 cal. yr. BP).
    It is composed of 11,027 radiocarbon dates from 1,023 sites that have been collected
    comprehensively by cross-checking multiple sources (extant digital archives and
    databases, edited volumes, monographs, journals papers, archaeological excavation
    reports, etc.) under the umbrella of the Leverhulme Trust funded project “Changing
    the Face of the Mediterranean” and of the ERC project “CLASS – Climate, Landscape,
    Settlement and Society: Exploring Human-Environment Interaction in the Ancient
    Near East”. This is an ongoing dataset that will be updated step by step with
    newly published radiocarbon dates.}"
  :issue: "{0}"
  :langid: "{american}"
  :file: "{/home/joeroe/g/work/library/2022/Palmisano_et_al_2022.pdf}"
---
- :bibtex_key: p3k14c
  :bibtex_type: :article
  :title: "{P3k14c, a Synthetic Global Database of Archaeological Radiocarbon Dates}"
  :author: "{Bird, Darcy and Miranda, Lux and Vander Linden, Marc and Robinson, Erick
    and Bocinsky, R. Kyle and Nicholson, Chris and Capriles, José M. and Finley, Judson
    Byrd and Gayo, Eugenia M. and Gil, Adolfo and d’Alpoim Guedes, Jade and Hoggarth,
    Julie A. and Kay, Andrea and Loftus, Emma and Lombardo, Umberto and Mackie, Madeline
    and Palmisano, Alessio and Solheim, Steinar and Kelly, Robert L. and Freeman,
    Jacob}"
  :year: "{2022}"
  :month: "{jan}"
  :journal: "{Scientific Data}"
  :volume: "{9}"
  :number: "{1}"
  :pages: "{27}"
  :publisher: "{Nature Publishing Group}"
  :issn: "{2052-4463}"
  :doi: "{10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7}"
  :abstract: "{Archaeologists increasingly use large radiocarbon databases to model
    prehistoric human demography (also termed paleo-demography). Numerous independent
    projects, funded over the past decade, have assembled such databases from multiple
    regions of the world. These data provide unprecedented potential for comparative
    research on human population ecology and the evolution of social-ecological systems
    across the Earth. However, these databases have been developed using different
    sample selection criteria, which has resulted in interoperability issues for global-scale,
    comparative paleo-demographic research and integration with paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental
    data. We present a synthetic, global-scale archaeological radiocarbon database
    composed of 180,070 radiocarbon dates that have been cleaned according to a standardized
    sample selection criteria. This database increases the reusability of archaeological
    radiocarbon data and streamlines quality control assessments for various types
    of paleo-demographic research. As part of an assessment of data quality, we conduct
    two analyses of sampling bias in the global database at multiple scales. This
    database is ideal for paleo-demographic research focused on dates-as-data, bayesian
    modeling, or summed probability distribution methodologies.}"
  :copyright: "{2022 The Author(s)}"
  :langid: "{english}"
  :keywords: "{Archaeology,Chemistry}"
  :month_numeric: "{1}"

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