Abu Hureyra was excavated between 1972 and 1973 before the Tabqa Dam's construction flooded the site beneath what is now Lake Assad.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by Wikipedia, a university research news article, and a peer-reviewed Radiocarbon journal article, all independently corroborating the excavation dates and subsequent flooding by Lake Assad due to the Tabqa Dam. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.875 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- A Comet May Have Destroyed This Paleolithic Village ... (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://www.gi.alaska.edu/news/fire-and-ice-exploding-comet-may-have-destroyed-paleolithic-settlement (corroboration)
- https://resolve.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/20311A62126B0007E8AACD438940E77B/S0033822200020130a.pdf/radiocarbon-accelerator-ams-dates-for-the-epipaleolithic-settlement-at-abu-hureyra-syria.pdf (corroboration)