List of Mesolithic and Epipaleolithic settlements.
Mesolithic Europe
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
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
References
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