TELL QARAMEL. EXCAVATIONS 2007
TELL QARAMEL. EXCAVATIONS 2007

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of the ninth season of Syrian-Polish excavations at Tell Qaramel was the final exploration of the deepest layers with traces of occupation from the Proto-Neolithic, or transitional, horizon to the very Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) (in squares J-8b,d, J-7b,d and K-7). In this area, four rounded towers had been discovered and some architectural elements of a possible fifth tower were observed in the last days of the 2006 season. Another priority was the exploration of the southernmost square (K-3/L-3,4), where the oldest layer on the site with a house dug into culturally sterile soil had been found in the previous season. The continuation of excavations in squares L-5 and L-4/M-4 aimed at verifying the presence of occupation from the final stage of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic settlement.

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