Nahal Issaron

Nahal Issaron
Native name
נחל עשרון (Hebrew)
Nahal Issaron is located in Israel
Nahal Issaron
Location of Nahal Issaron in Israel
LocationIsrael
Coordinates29°54′51″N 34°58′21″E / 29.91417°N 34.97250°E / 29.91417; 34.97250
Elevation453 m

Nahal Issaron (Hebrew: נחל עשרון Naẖal Issaron) is a wadi and neolithic settlement in southern Negev, Israel. It is located at the eastern edge of Ovda Valley, 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of the Gulf of Elat and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of Arabah Rift valley.[1] Excavations carried out by Avi Gopher and Nigel Goring-Morris in Nahal Issaron in 1980 uncovered remnants of an early pastoralist settlement belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period.

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References

  1. ^ GORING-MORRIS, A.N.; GOPHER, A. (1983). "Naḥal Issaron: A Neolithic Settlement in the Southern Negev: Preliminary Report of the Excavations in 1980". Israel Exploration Journal. 33 (3/4): 149–162. JSTOR 27925893.
  2. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 11 July 2017.


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