Abu Hureyra
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Abu Hureyra is an important archaeological site in modern-day Syria that preserves evidence of the transition from hunter-gatherer societies to early farming communities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abu Hureyra canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4079006 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abu Hureyra Context triple: [Neolithic Revolution, hasKeySite, Abu Hureyra]
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A.
Çatalhöyük
Çatalhöyük is a large, well-preserved Neolithic proto-city in central Anatolia, renowned for its densely packed mudbrick houses, early agricultural society, and rich symbolic wall art.
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B.
Karkemish
Karkemish was an important ancient Near Eastern city-state on the Euphrates River, serving as a key political and commercial center for successive empires including the Hittites and later the Neo-Assyrians.
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C.
Ḫarrānu
Ḫarrānu is the Akkadian name for the ancient Mesopotamian city of Harran, a major commercial and religious center known especially for its association with the moon god Sin.
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D.
Gobekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe is an ancient archaeological site in southeastern Turkey, dating to the 10th millennium BCE, renowned for its massive T-shaped stone pillars and status as one of the world’s oldest known monumental religious complexes.
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E.
Eridu archaeological site
The Eridu archaeological site is one of the earliest known Sumerian urban centers in southern Mesopotamia, often regarded as one of the world’s first cities and a major religious hub dedicated to the god Enki.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abu Hureyra Target entity description: Abu Hureyra is an important archaeological site in modern-day Syria that preserves evidence of the transition from hunter-gatherer societies to early farming communities.
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A.
Çatalhöyük
Çatalhöyük is a large, well-preserved Neolithic proto-city in central Anatolia, renowned for its densely packed mudbrick houses, early agricultural society, and rich symbolic wall art.
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B.
Karkemish
Karkemish was an important ancient Near Eastern city-state on the Euphrates River, serving as a key political and commercial center for successive empires including the Hittites and later the Neo-Assyrians.
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C.
Ḫarrānu
Ḫarrānu is the Akkadian name for the ancient Mesopotamian city of Harran, a major commercial and religious center known especially for its association with the moon god Sin.
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D.
Gobekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe is an ancient archaeological site in southeastern Turkey, dating to the 10th millennium BCE, renowned for its massive T-shaped stone pillars and status as one of the world’s oldest known monumental religious complexes.
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E.
Eridu archaeological site
The Eridu archaeological site is one of the earliest known Sumerian urban centers in southern Mesopotamia, often regarded as one of the world’s first cities and a major religious hub dedicated to the god Enki.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
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prehistoric settlement ⓘ |
| chronologyType | radiocarbon dated sequence ⓘ |
| country | Syria ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Tabqa Dam
ⓘ
surface form:
Euphrates dam project
|
| culture |
Natufian-related hunter-gatherers
ⓘ
Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ |
| earliestOccupation |
Mesolithic period
ⓘ
surface form:
Epipalaeolithic period
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| earliestOccupationApproxDate | c. 11,500–10,000 BCE ⓘ |
| evidence |
domestication of rye
ⓘ
early animal domestication ⓘ early architecture with mud-brick houses ⓘ early cultivation of cereals and legumes ⓘ health impacts of early farming on inhabitants ⓘ intensive wild plant gathering ⓘ specialized hunting of gazelle ⓘ transition from mobile foragers to sedentary villagers ⓘ use of ground stone tools ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Andrew M. T. Moore ⓘ |
| excavationPurpose | salvage archaeology before flooding by Lake Assad ⓘ |
| excavationStartDate | 1970s ⓘ |
| feature | large tell (mound) ⓘ |
| hasFind |
animal bones
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charred plant remains ⓘ flint tools ⓘ ground stone querns and mortars ⓘ human skeletal remains ⓘ |
| hasPhase |
Epipalaeolithic occupation
ⓘ
Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
surface form:
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A occupation
Pre-Pottery Neolithic ⓘ
surface form:
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B occupation
|
| knownFor |
evidence of early agriculture
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evidence of transition from foraging to farming ⓘ long sequence of occupation from Epipalaeolithic to Neolithic ⓘ |
| laterOccupationApproxDate | c. 9,500–7,000 BCE ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fertile Crescent
ⓘ
surface form:
Euphrates River valley
Fertile Crescent ⓘ modern-day Syria ⓘ |
| locatedOn | north bank of the Euphrates River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Anatolian Neolithic
ⓘ
surface form:
Near Eastern Neolithic core area
|
| region | northern Syria ⓘ |
| researchTopic |
climatic change at the end of the Pleistocene
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dietary change across forager–farmer transition ⓘ social and economic consequences of sedentism ⓘ |
| significance |
important for study of Natufian and early Neolithic lifeways
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key site for understanding origins of agriculture in the Near East ⓘ |
| status | inundated archaeological site ⓘ |
| submergedBy | Lake Assad ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Abu Hureyra Description of subject: Abu Hureyra is an important archaeological site in modern-day Syria that preserves evidence of the transition from hunter-gatherer societies to early farming communities.
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