Mujahia
| Location | southern Golan Heights |
|---|---|
| Type | Tell |
| Part of | Settlement |
| History | |
| Material | Limestone, Basalt |
| Periods | PPNA, PPNB |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1985 |
| Archaeologists | Avi Gopher |
| Condition | Ruins |
| Public access | Yes |
Mujahia or Nab‘a el-Mjảḥiyye is an archaeological site in the southern Golan Heights,[1] north of Bnei Yehuda.
It was first excavated by Avi Gopher in 1985 who examined stratigraphy made up of limestone and basalt. Three levels of circular walled dwellings were found using stone basalt construction. Archaeological materials recovered included arrowheads, chisels, knives and scrapers along with use of obsidian, bones an shellfish.[1] Relatively few arrowheads were found, mostly consisting of Helwan points. Local fauna included goat and gazelle. No radiometric dating was available, but it has been suggested to date to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) around the middle of the 8th millennium BC.[2]
References
- ^ a b Gopher, A., Mujahia - An early Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site in the Golan Heights. Tel Aviv, Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University. vol. 17(2):115-143.
- ^ Israel Hershkovitz (1989). People and culture in change: proceedings of the Second Symposium on Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Populations of Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. B.A.R. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
External links
- Mujahia site record, in the Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land.
External links
- Mujahia site record, in the Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land.