The oldest evidence for a settlement at Tell Bderi dates from V th millennium BC.
See:
- Peter Pfadhner, The excavations at Tell Bderi 1986 in: AAAS 1986-87- Les annales archéologiques arabes syriennes. Revue d'archéologie et d'histoire 36-37, pp. 292-303 - http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/1283/1/Pfaelzner_The_excavations_at_Tell_Bderi_1986.pdf
- Peter Pfadhner, Tell Bderi - the development of a Bronze Age town, in: S. Kerner (eds.), The Near East in Antiquity. German contributions to the archaeology of Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt, Amman 1990, pp. 63-79
- Peter M. M. G. Akkermans, Glenn M. Schwartz, The Archaeology of Syria: From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies (c.16,000-300 BC), CAH 2003, p.377