Haouch Tall Safiyeh was occupied since the Pre-Pottery Neolithic. Then were constructed mud-brick usually circular dwellings with under-floor burials.
See:
- Edward Robinson, Eli Smith, , Biblical researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea : a journal of travels in the year 1838. Robarts - University of Toronto. Boston : Crocker 1641, https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft/page/n23/mode/2up