Tel Ro'im West
| Tel Ro'im West | |
|---|---|
  Tel Ro'im West Shown in Israel  Tel Ro'im West Tel Ro'im West (Eastern Mediterranean) | |
| Type | Tell |
| Periods | Pre-Pottery Neolithic, Pottery Neolithic |
| Location | Israel |
| Region | Naftali Mountains, Israel |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 2004 |
Tel Ro'im West is a prehistoric archaeological site in the eastern slopes of the Naftali Mountains, where it descends into the Hula Valley in northern Israel. The site offers a variety of resources including water, animals, and plants. It is surrounded by fertile soil to its south and east. In 2004, prior to road construction work, a salvage excavation took place. Two areas were excavated and within them, four settlement phases (strata) from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic and Pottery Neolithic periods were uncovered. The findings represent a northern-Levantine material culture, which implies this region has been a boundary between the material culture of the northern and southern Levant.[1]
The site is named after Tel Ro'im in the nearby valley, where some Roman burial tombs and Bronze Age pottery were found.
Further reading
- Vered Eshed; Dani Nadel (2015). "Changes in burial customs from the Pre-Pottery to the Pottery Neolithic periods in the Levant: The case-study of Tel Roim West, Northern Israel". Paléorient. 41 (2): 115–131 – via Persée.
References
- ↑ Assaf Nativ; Danny Rosenberg; Dani Nadel (2014). "The Southern tip of the Northern Levant ? The Early Pottery Neolithic assemblage of Tel Ro'im West, Israel". Paléorient. 40 (1): 99–115 – via Persée.