Tell Qaramel (Syria)
Dates of work: 12 April – 10 May 2010
Team:
Directors: Assist. Prof. Ryszard F. Mazurowski, archaeologist (Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw), Dr. Joussef Kanjou, anthropologist (DGAM Damascus; National Museum, Aleppo)
Archaeologists: Qaies Abbout George (DGAM Damascus; National Museum, Aleppo), Abdalla Aref Nasser (DGAM Damascus; National Museum, Aleppo) Marcin Białowarczuk and Artur Grabarek (Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw), Dr. Joanna Gawrońska (independent)
Student-trainees: Natalia Bukowska, Aneta Czubińska, Sebastian Jarząb, Zuzanna Rożańska (all Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw)
It was a study season, without excavations. The work included the preparation of a new scenario for the exhibition in Aleppo Museum showing the results of the Syrian–Polish excavations on the Protoneolithic and Pre-pottery Neolithic settlement in Tell Qaramel. Another task was processing of archaeological materials discovered in the previous seasons, including flint and obsidian finds, as well as Early Bronze Age pottery. Steps were also taken to develop a site preservation and management project.
[Text: PAM]