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Dating



The PPN A settlement has been dated to ca. 9000 BC. There are remains of smaller houses
from the PPN B and a few epipalaeolithic finds as well.

There are a number of radiocarbon dates (presented with one standard deviation errors and calibrations to BCE):



Lab-Number Date BP Cal BCE Context

Ua-19561 8430±80 7560-7370 enclosure C

Ua-19562 8960±85 8280-7970 enclosure B

Hd-20025 9452±73 9110-8620 Layer III

Hd-20036 9559±53 9130-8800 Layer III



The Hd samples are from charcoal in the lowest levels of the site and would date the active
phase of occupation. The Ua samples come from pedogenic carbonate coatings on pillars and
only indicate a time after the site was abandoned- the terminus ante quem.