El Khiam

El Khiam
Shown within the West Bank
Location West Bank
Coordinates 31°38′00″N 35°15′00″E / 31.633333°N 35.25°E / 31.633333; 35.25
History
Periods Mesolithic, Neolithic
Cultures Khiamian
Site notes
Excavation dates 1931, 1957, 1961
Archaeologists R. Neuville, André Parrot, González Echergaray
Public access Unknown
El Khiam Point, first found at El Khiam.

El Khiam is an archaeological site near Wadi Khureitun in the Judaean Desert in the West Bank, on the shores of the Dead Sea.

Archaeological finds at El Khiam show nearly continuous habitation by groups of hunters since the Mesolithic and early Neolithic periods.[1] The Khiamian (c. 10000-9500 BCE) period, named for this site, is characterized by flint arrowheads now known as "El Khiam Points."[2]

El Khiam was first excavated by R. Neuville in 1934, by Jean Perrot in 1951 and González Echergaray in 1961.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Archaeological encyclopedia of the Holy Land, Avraham Negev and Shimon Gibson
  2. 1 2 Gopher, Avi., Arrowheads of the neolithic Levant: a seriation analysis, p. 6 & 9, Dissertation Series 10, American Schools of Oriental Research, Eisenbraums, 1994.

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