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Multi-periodSite Name: Tel Tsaf Alternative Name: תל צףCountry: Israel
NOTE: This site is 4.707 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Beit She'an Nearest Village: Tirat Zvi
Latitude: 32.407000N Longitude: 35.548000E
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Tel Tsaf is located in the central Jordan Valley. It was first tested in 1978–1980 by Ram Gophna of Tel Aviv University. In 2004–2007 a large excavation project was conducted at the site by Yosef Garfinkel of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Tel Tsaf is dated to ca. 5200–4700 BC, sometimes called the Middle Chalcolithic, a little-known period in the archaeology of the Levant.
The excavations unearthed four architectural complexes. Each consists of a closed courtyard with rounded or rectangular rooms and numerous rounded silos.
Common finds included numerous flints, pottery and animal bones. Other finds included about 150 clay sealings (bullae) and a rich assemblage of imported exotic items including artifacts of basalt and obsidian, beads, sea shells, Nilotic shell, and a few pottery sherds of the Ubaid culture of north Syria.
- Wikipedia
Note: Burial reveals complex origins of metallurgy. See comment.
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