- Mujahia
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Mujahia Location southern Golan Heights, Israel Type Tell Part of Settlement History Material Limestone, Basalt Periods PPNA, PPNB Site notes Excavation dates 1985 Archaeologists Avi Gopher Condition Ruins Public access Yes Mujahia is an archaeological site in the southern Golan Heights, Israel.[1]
It was first excavated by Avi Gopher in 1985 who examined stratigraphy made up of limestone and basalt. Three levels of circular walled dwellings were found using stone basalt construction. Archaeological materials recovered included arrowheads, chisels, knives and scrapers along with use of obsidian, bones an shellfish.[2] Relatively few arrowheads were found, mostly consisting of Helwan points. Local fauna included Goat and Gazelle. No radiometric dating was available, but it has been suggested to date to the PPNB around the middle of the 8th millennium BC.[3]
References
- ^ Gopher, A., Mujahia - An early Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site in the Golan Heights . Tel Aviv, Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University vol. 17(2):115-143.
- ^ Universiṭat Tel-Aviv. Makhon le-arkheʼologyah; Makhon le-arkheʻologyah ʻa. sh. Sonyah u-Marḳo Nadler (1997). Tel Aviv. Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University. http://books.google.com/books?id=jqltAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ^ Israel Hershkovitz (1989). People and culture in change: proceedings of the Second Symposium on Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Populations of Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. B.A.R.. http://books.google.com/books?id=0hU7AQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
Categories:- Archaeological sites in Israel
- Neolithic settlements
- Neolithic
- Prehistoric sites in Israel
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