Built in the 9th millennium BC

Connected Sites: 4

WHS whose OUV derives entirely or significantly from 9th-millennium BC constructions. Where construction straddles the centuries, the date of conception/commencement is used, i.e, which millennium does the site really "belong" to in spirit.

Connected Sites

  • Caves of Yagul and Mitla
    Caves of Yagul and Mitla
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 2010
    2.63
    69
    6
    In the Naquitz phase (8,900-6,700 BC) within the Paleo- Indian period, evidence from Guilá Naquitz cave has been found for domestication of local plants including gourds, squash, beans and corn.(AB ev)
  • Rock Art in the Hail Region
    Rock Art in the Hail Region
    Saudi Arabia
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.25
    35
    4
    the record of surviving rock art commences shortly after 10,000 years ago (AB ev)
  • Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin
    Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.09
    99
    13
    "The dating of this art has been the subject of many years of debate among prehistorians. It is now generally accepted that the art is not Palaeolithic, because of the culture that it depicts, but its precise attribution - whether it began in the Epipalaeolithic (from c 10,000 to 5000 BC) or in the full Neolithic that followed - is still not fully established. The nomination dossier proposes an elegant partial reconciliation of the two points of view: ... This may interpreted as a bracket in time between c 8000 and 3500 BC." (AB ev)
  • Ancient Jericho
    Ancient Jericho
    Palestine
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.74
    69
    4
    In the Neolithic period, a sizeable settlement developed in the 9th to 8th millennium BCE (AB ev)