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Mureybet
36.0434° N, 38.1287° E
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Mureybet (Arabic: مريبط, romanized: muraybaṭ, lit. 'covered') is a tell, or ancient settlement mound, located on the west bank of the Euphrates in Raqqa Governorate, northern Syria. The site was excavated between 1964 and 1974 and has since disappeared under the rising waters of Lake Assad. Mureybet was occupied between 10,200 and 8,000 BC and is the eponymous type site for the Mureybetian culture, a subdivision of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA). In its early stages, Mureybet was a small village occupied by hunter-gatherers. Hunting was important and crops were first gathered and later cultivated, but they remained wild. During its final stages, domesticated animals were also present at the site.
Historical Timeline
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Early and Middle PPNB (IVA, IVB)
8,600–8,000 BC
Khiamian phases (IB, IIA, IIB)
9,700–9,300 BC
Mureybetian phases (IIIA, IIIB)
9,300–8,600 BC
Occupation begins
c. 10,200 BC
Phase IA (Natufian)
10,200–9,700 BC
First survey and small sounding
1964
Major excavations (Van Loon)
1965
CNRS excavations (Cauvin)
1971–1974
Flooded by Lake Assad
1976
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