List of Mesolithic settlements
 | The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (March 2020) |
List of Mesolithic and Epipaleolithic settlements.
Mesolithic Europe
[edit]| Name | Location | Culture | Period | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franchthi Cave | Argolis, Balkans | c. 15,000 – 9,000 BP | Previously inhabited during the Upper Paleolithic, continuously inhabited into the Neolithic. | [1] | |
| Pulli settlement | Pärnu, Baltics | Kunda culture | c. 10,800 – 7,800 BP | [2] | |
| Lepenski Vir | Serbia, Balkans | Iron Gates culture | c. 11,500 - 8,000 BP | [3] | |
| Star Carr | North Yorkshire, Britain | c. 11,300 - 10,480 BP | |||
| Howick house | Northumberland, Britain | c. 9,600 - 9,500 BP | [4] |
Epipaleolithic Near East
[edit]| Name | Location | Culture | Period | Comment | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tell Qaramel | Queiq, Levant | Natufian | c. 18,890 - 12,980 BP | ||
| Aammiq | Beqaa Valley, Levant | Natufian | c. 14,000 – 12,200 BP | Later occupied during the Ubaid period. | [5] |
| Tell Abu Hureyra | Mesopotamia | Natufian | c. 13,500 – 11,500 BP | [6] | |
| Beidha | Jordan Valley, Levant | Natufian | c. 13,000 – 12,000 BP | ||
| Mureybet | Mesopotamia | Natufian | c. 12,200 – 11,700 BP | (Phase IA) Later occupied by the Khiamian and Mureybetian cultures. | [7]: 663–664 |
| Hatula | Judean Hills, Levant | Natufian | c. 12,150 – 11,320 BP | Later inhabited by the Khiamian and Sultanian cultures. | [8] |
| Jericho | Jordan Valley, Levant | Natufian | c. 12,000 – 11,500 BP | Succeeded by the Pre-Pottery Neolithic settlement. | |
| 'Ain Mallaha | Hula Valley, Levant | Natufian | c. 12,000 – 10,000 BP | [9] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sarah Gibbens, "Face of 9,000-Year-Old Teenager Reconstructed", National Geographic, 19 January 2018.
- ^ Veski, Siim; Heinsalu, Atko; Klassen, Veiko; Kriiska, Aivar; Lõugas, Lembi; Poska, Anneli; Saluäär, Ulla (2005). "Early Holocene coastal settlements and palaeoenvironment on the shore of the Baltic Sea at Pärnu, southwestern Estonia" (PDF). Quaternary International. 130 (1): 75–85. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2004.04.033. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- ^ "LEPENSKI VIR – SCHELA CLADOVEI CULTURE'SCHRONOLOGY AND ITS INTERPRETATION". Rusu Aurelian, Brukenthal. Acta Musei, VI. 1, 2011. 2011.
- ^ Richards, Julian (17 February 2011). "Britain's Oldest House?". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ Copeland, L. Wescombe, P.J., Inventory of Stone-Age-Sites in Lebanon I & II, Mélanges de l'Université Saint Joseph, 41/2 & 42/1, Beirut, 1965/66.
- ^ Hillman, Gordon; Hedges, Robert; Moore, Andrew; Colledge, Susan; Pettitt, Paul (27 July 2016). "New evidence of Lateglacial cereal cultivation at Abu Hureyra on the Euphrates". The Holocene. 11 (4): 383–393. doi:10.1191/095968301678302823. S2CID 84930632.
- ^ Ibáñez, Juan José (2008), "Conclusion", in Ibáñez, Juan José (ed.), Le site néolithique de Tell Mureybet (Syrie du Nord). En hommage à Jacques Cauvin, BAR International Series, vol. 1843, Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 661–675, hdl:10261/9794, ISBN 978-1-4073-0330-7
- ^ Maisels, Charles Keith (2001). Early Civilizations of the Old World: The Formative Histories of Egypt, the Levant, Mesopotamia, India and China. Routledge. pp. 96–. ISBN 978-0-415-10976-5. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ^ Mithen, Steven (2006). After the ice : a global human history, 20.000 - 5.000 BC (1st paperback ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press. pp. 29. ISBN 978-0-674-01570-8.