Hamadia
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| Founded | 1939 1942 (refoundation) |
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| Region | Beit She'an Valley | |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement | |
| Coordinates | 32°31′12.72″N 35°31′11.27″E / 32.5202°N 35.5197972°ECoordinates: 32°31′12.72″N 35°31′11.27″E / 32.5202°N 35.5197972°E | |
 Hamadia
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Hamadia (Hebrew: חֲמַדְיָה) is a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley, just north of Beit She'an in northern Israel. It belongs to the Valley of Springs Regional Council.
The kibbutz was first founded in 1939 as part of the Tower and stockade movement, but it was abandoned. It was founded again in 1942 by a group, named "Hermonim", of native-born Israelis who were part of a youth group.
It is named for the abandoned Arab village, located just north of the kibbutz, which was also called Hamadia. This Arab village, in turn, was named after the sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid II.
[edit] Archaeology
The location is situated on a terrace of ancient Lake Beisan, 200 metres below sea level.[1] Tell Hamadia is a single layer archaeological site of about 100 m2 (0.010 ha), first reported and excavated at Hamadia by N. Tzori in 1958 then again by Jacob Kaplan in 1964.[2] Ovens, pits and fireplaces were found with Yarmukian pottery and an assmeblage of many axes, picks, scrapers, "Saw" elements and sickles. Large saw elements indicated possible earlier neolithic occupation which was suggested to date at least to the early chalcolithic (MOM period 7). A flint sickle workshop was located close to the site with over 300 sickle blades found. Tell Hamadia is 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Munhata and is suggested to date between ca. 5800 and 5400 BC.[3] Detailed reports have yet to be published.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Michael Avi-Yonah (1978). Encyclopedia of archaeological excavations in the Holy Land, p. 468. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 9780132751230. http://books.google.com/books?id=O6ptAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ^ British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem (2005). Levant. http://books.google.com/books?id=EKEsAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ^ Francis Hours (1994). May 2011 Atlas des sites du proche orient (14000-5700 BP). Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen. ISBN 9782903264536. http://books.google.com/books?id=KlZtAAAAMAAJaccessdate=3 May 2011.
- ^ Garfinkel, Y., The Yarmukian Culture in Israel, Paléorient, Volume 19, 19-1, pp. 115-134, 1993
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