List of Mesolithic and Epipaleolithic settlements.

Mesolithic Europe

NameLocationCulturePeriodComment
Franchthi CaveArgolis, Balkansc. 15,000 – 9,000 BPPreviously inhabited during the Upper Paleolithic, continuously inhabited into the Neolithic.[1]
Pulli settlementPärnu, BalticsKunda culturec. 10,800 – 7,800 BP[2]
Lepenski VirSerbia, BalkansIron Gates culturec. 11,500 - 8,000 BP[3]
Star CarrNorth Yorkshire, Britainc. 11,300 - 10,480 BP
Howick houseNorthumberland, Britainc. 9,600 - 9,500 BP[4]

Epipaleolithic Near East

NameLocationCulturePeriodCommentRef
Tell QaramelQueiq, LevantNatufianc. 18,890 - 12,980 BP
AammiqBeqaa Valley, LevantNatufianc. 14,000 – 12,200 BPLater occupied during the Ubaid period.[5]
Tell Abu HureyraMesopotamiaNatufianc. 13,500 – 11,500 BP[6]
BeidhaJordan Valley, LevantNatufianc. 13,000 – 12,000 BP
MureybetMesopotamiaNatufianc. 12,200 – 11,700 BP(Phase IA) Later occupied by the Khiamian and Mureybetian cultures.[7]: 663–664
HatulaJudean Hills, LevantNatufianc. 12,150 – 11,320 BPLater inhabited by the Khiamian and Sultanian cultures.[8]
JerichoJordan Valley, LevantNatufianc. 12,000 – 11,500 BPSucceeded by the Pre-Pottery Neolithic settlement.
'Ain MallahaHula Valley, LevantNatufianc. 12,000 – 10,000 BP[9]

See also

References

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  2. ^ 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". Quaternary International. 130 (1): 75–85. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2004.04.033. Archived from the original on 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  3. ^ "LEPENSKI VIR – SCHELA CLADOVEI CULTURE'SCHRONOLOGY AND ITS INTERPRETATION". Rusu Aurelian, Brukenthal. Acta Musei, VI. 1, 2011. 2011.
  4. ^ Richards, Julian (17 February 2011). "Britain's Oldest House?". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
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  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ Ibáñez, Juan José (2008), "Conclusion", Le site néolithique de Tell Mureybet (Syrie du Nord). En hommage à Jacques Cauvin, Vol. 1843, BAR International Series, Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 661–675, hdl:10261/9794. ISBN 978-1-4073-0330-7
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.