Wadi Fa'rah
| Wadi Fa'rah | |
| River | |
| Country | Palestine |
|---|---|
| City | Jisr Damiya |
| Source | |
| - location | Yasid/Talluza, West Bank |
| - coordinates | 32°16′44.44″N 35°16′47.59″E / 32.2790111°N 35.2798861°E |
| Mouth | Jordan River |
| - coordinates | 32°11′37.1″N 35°27′24.63″E / 32.193639°N 35.4568417°ECoordinates: 32°11′37.1″N 35°27′24.63″E / 32.193639°N 35.4568417°E |
| Length | 30 km (19 mi) |
| Wadi Fa'rah | |
|---|---|
 .svg.png){kind=icon} Shown within the West Bank | |
| Alternate name | Wadi Farah |
| Location | West Bank |
| Coordinates | 32°17′37″N 35°20′40″E / 32.293722°N 35.344461°E |
| Type | Tell |
| History | |
| Founded | ca. 9300 BC |
| Abandoned | ca. 6000 BC |
| Cultures | Qaraoun culture |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1925-1926 |
| Archaeologists | Francis Turville-Petre |
| Public access | yes |
Wadi Fa'rah is a river in the northern West Bank that empties into the Jordan River at Jisr Damiya. It is located in the rugged area of the West Bank and cuts east through the Jordan Valley, passing through the Palestinian village of Wadi al-Far'a.
Archaeology
An ancient flint factory was excavated as part of three Heavy Neolithic sites of the Qaraoun culture discovered and excavated by Francis Turville-Petre between 1925 and 1926. Others included Shemouniyeh and an occupational site of the Qaroun culture at Wadi Sallah. The site at Wadi Farah was identified as a factory site on a high terrace at the meeting point of the Wadi Salhah. Large numbers of massive flint tools and debris from were found and linked to this little known culture. Tools found included picks, adzes, borers and flake scrapers.[1][2]
An archaeological mound situated near the village of Wadi al-Far'a, Tell el-Far'ah (North), has been identified as the location of biblical Tirzah. The tell has occupation layers from the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, and Iron Age. It is called Tell el-Far'ah (North) in order to distinguish it from Tell el-Far'ah (South), an archaeological site south of Gaza.
References
- ↑ Moore, A.M.T. (1978). The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. pp. 446–447.
- ↑ Francis Adrian Joseph Turville-Petre; Dorothea M. A. Bate; Sir Arthur Keith; British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem (1927). Researches in prehistoric Galilee, 1925-1926, p. 108. The Council of the School. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
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