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Neolithic Cell Plan Houses

During the Neolithic age, a common ancestor house type found in northern Mesopotamia and Anatolia (southern Turkey), was the "cell plan" or "grill plan".

a. Abu Hureyra
11000 to 7000 BCE
Syria

b.- c. Çayönü Tepesi
8630 to 6800 BCE
Southeastern Turkey

d. Nevali Çori
Early to middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB). 8500 -7500 BCE
Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey

e. - f. Bouqras
7400 - 6200 BCE.
Syria

g. El-Kowm
7000 and 6500 BC
Syria

h. Jarmo
7090 - 4950 BCE
Iraq

j. Umm Dabaghiyah
6200 - 5750 BCE.
Northern Iraq

Data for CG model:
1. Banning, E. B. 2003; Housing Neolithic Farmers, Near Eastern Archaeology, Mar-Jun 2003; ProQuest.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266393614_Housing_Neolithic_Farmers

 

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