El Khiam
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Location | West Bank |
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Coordinates | 31°38′00″N 35°15′00″E / 31.633333°N 35.25°E |
History | |
Periods | Mesolithic, Neolithic |
Cultures | Khiamian |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1931, 1957, 1961 |
Archaeologists | R. Neuville, André Parrot, González Echergaray |
Public access | Unknown |
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El Khiam Point, first found at El Khiam.
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A graphic representation of 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. list of Neolithic sites
Archaeological finds at El Khiam show nearly continuous habitation by groups of hunters since the Mesolithic and early Neolithic periods.[1] The Khiamian period (c. 10000-9500 BCE), named for this site, is characterized by flint arrowheads now known as "El-Khiam points".[2]
El Khiam was first excavated by René Neuville in 1934, by Jean Perrot in 1951 and González Echergaray in 1961.[2]
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