Burning down the house: the burnt building V6 at Late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria

Abstract

This article presents the remains of a T-shaped burnt building found in trench V6 in Operation II at Late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria.The burnt building closely resembles the so-called Burnt Village excavated earlier at Tell Sabi Abyad in Operation I, level 6, but is slightly older.Many objects were discovered in the ruins of the burnt building, but the most striking discovery was the burial of a young woman.In this paper we present the V6 burnt building and its remains.We argue that the building was purposely set ablaze as part of a ritual related to fi re and death.

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