Jarmo

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Jarmo is an early Neolithic archaeological village site in modern Iraq, notable as one of the earliest known farming communities in the Near East.

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Jarmo canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neolithic settlement ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
prehistoric village ⓘ
approximateDistanceFrom about 35 km east of Kirkuk ⓘ
chronology 8th millennium BCE ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
culture Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
discoveredBy Sayid Fuad Safar ⓘ
discoveredInYear 1940 ⓘ
earliestOccupation c. 7000 BCE ⓘ
estimatedArea about 12,000–16,000 square meters ⓘ
estimatedPopulation around 150–250 inhabitants at its peak ⓘ
excavatedBy Robert J. Braidwood ⓘ
excavatedByInstitution Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago ⓘ
excavationCampaign 1948–1955 excavations ⓘ
1959–1963 excavations ⓘ
excavationStartYear 1948 ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf beads ⓘ
burials beneath house floors ⓘ
domesticated barley ⓘ
domesticated dogs ⓘ
domesticated goats ⓘ
domesticated lentils ⓘ
domesticated peas ⓘ
domesticated pigs ⓘ
domesticated sheep ⓘ
domesticated wheat ⓘ
figurines ⓘ
grinding stones ⓘ
multi-room dwellings ⓘ
obsidian tools ⓘ
permanent mud-brick houses ⓘ
pottery in later levels ⓘ
rectangular houses ⓘ
sickle blades ⓘ
storage facilities ⓘ
locatedIn Iraq ⓘ
Kurdistan Region ⓘ
Near East ⓘ
linked to: Middle East
notableFor being one of the earliest known farming villages in the Near East ⓘ
early domesticated animals ⓘ
early domesticated plants ⓘ
early evidence of agriculture ⓘ
period early Neolithic ⓘ
region northeastern Iraq ⓘ
significance important reference for Neolithic chronology in the Zagros region ⓘ
key site for studying early village life ⓘ
key site for understanding the origins of agriculture ⓘ

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