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title: "Tel Abu Hureyra Settlement Hierarchy"
year: 9600
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slug: "abu-hureyra-settlement-hierarchy"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "9600-01-01"
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# Tel Abu Hureyra Settlement Hierarchy

> Abu Hureyra in Syria shows evidence of social stratification and organized leadership around 9600 BCE, marking the emergence of proto-political structures.

## Summary

Tell Abu Hureyra is a prehistoric archaeological site in the Upper Euphrates valley in Syria. The tell was inhabited between 13,300 and 7,800 cal. BP in two main phases: Abu Hureyra 1, dated to the Epipalaeolithic, was a village of sedentary hunter-gatherers; Abu Hureyra 2, dated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, was home to some of the world's first farmers. This almost continuous sequence of occupation through the Neolithic Revolution has made Abu Hureyra one of the most important sites in the study of the origins of agriculture.

## Sources

- [Tell Abu Hureyra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Abu_Hureyra) - Wikipedia

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Canonical: https://recap.at/9600/abu-hureyra-settlement-hierarchy