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List of Mesolithic settlements

List of Mesolithic and Epipaleolithic settlements.

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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
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References

References

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