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‘Atiqot 95 (2019)
ISBN 2948-040X
The Pottery Neolithic Settlement at Tel Yosef (Tell esh-Sheikh Ḥasan)
(pp. 1–27)
Karen Covello-Paran
Keywords: Jordan Valley, burial, economy, subsistence, fauna, bone, shell, Yarmukian culture, Wadi Raba culture, Lodian (Jericho IX) culture
The Neolithic site of Tel Yosef, located at the foot of the Gilbo‘a Mountains, is an important addition to the densely populated Harod and Bet She’an Valleys during the Pottery Neolithic period. Three strata were excavated and assigned to the PPNC/Early Pottery Neolithic (Stratum III), Early Pottery Neolithic (Stratum II) and Late Pottery Neolithic (Stratum I) periods. In Stratum III, both rectilinear and curvilinear buildings were found, whereas in Stratum II, the buildings were exclusively rectilinear. The architectural remains in Strata III and II are evidence of site organization and village planning. The site was abandoned in the late fifth millennium and was never resettled.