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Location:

  • Jordan, Al Bayḑā
  • geo:30.370781,35.447758
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -7200 / -6500

Class:

  • Rural settlement
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=22249

Annotations

The Neolithic Settlement Beidha, Jordan The Pre-Pottery Neolithic village of Beidha was occupied from 7200 BC to 6500 BC.

Sources:

  1. Piotr Bienkowski , Jordan: Crossroads of the Near East in: Treasures from an Ancient Land: The Art of Jordan, Piotr Bienkowski eds., Stroud, UK: Alan Sutton 1991, p. 4, 5
  2. Avraham Negev; Shimon Gibson,  Archaeological encyclopedia of the Holy Land. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005,  pp. 74 ff
  3. Brian F. Byrd,  Early village life at Beidha, Jordan : neolithic spatial organization and vernacular architecture: the excavations of Mrs Diana Kirkbride-Helbæk. Oxford University Press, 2005
  4. A.M.T. Moore: The Neolithic of the Levant, Thesis (Ph. D.)-Oxford University, 1978

Relevant museums

Petra, Archaeological Museum

Petra, Archaeological Museum

Amman, Jordan Museum

The new historical museum of Jordan; substantial archaeological collection.

Archeologisch museum van Amman

Het oude archeologische museum van Jordanië.


Nearby

Little Petra, Painted House

Nabatean paintings

Little Petra, Biclinum (Siq el-Barid)

Little Petra, Biclinum (Siq el-Barid)

Little Petra

Known as Siq al-Barid - Nabatean town.


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