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Evidence of Cosmic Impact at Abu Hureyra, Syria at the Younger Dryas Onset (~12.8 ka): High-temperature melting at >2200 °C

Moore, A. M. T.; Kennett, J. P.; Napier, W. M.; et al. (14 authors total) · 2020

AI-verified citationSRC-MOORE-AH-2020

identifier / locator: Scientific Reports 10 (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60867-w (article number omitted — not returned by Crossref)
url: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60867-w
verification note: Title, first author, journal, volume, year, and 14-author count confirmed via Crossref (2026-08-22 batch). Crossref also records a correction to this paper dated 2025-11-19 (DOI 10.1038/s41598-025-28180-6), whose content was not reviewed for this case.
reliability notes: Proponent-team study extending melt claims to a Syrian tell site; carries an unreviewed 2025 correction — treat its specifics provisionally.

Evidence drawn from this source

Supports· weakYDIH-E013

what the source states: Meltglass associated with the Younger Dryas onset at Abu Hureyra, Syria was reported with phases interpreted to require melting above ~2,200 °C, which the authors attributed to a low-altitude cosmic airburst near the settlement.
what we infer: The geographically boldest melt claim, at a site whose tell stratigraphy is archaeologically complex. Carried at weak strength: the paper received a November 2025 correction (content not reviewed for this case), and none of its identifications have blinded independent confirmation.
limitations: 2025 correction of unreviewed content; treat specifics provisionally.
Anthropogenic high-temperature contexts (settlement fires, later occupation) are exactly the analogues hardest to exclude at a tell site.