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ʿAin Ghazal (Arabic: عين غزال, romanized: ʿayn ġazāl) is a Neolithic archaeological site located in metropolitan Amman, Jordan, about 2 km (1.24 mi) north-west of Amman Civil Airport. The site is remarkable for being the place where the ʿAin Ghazal statues were found, which are among the oldest large-sized statues ever discovered.
Oct 29, 2023 · Periods of Settlement. A map showing neolithic and Natufian culture settlements, via ResearchGate. Human habitation of ‘Ain Ghazal is split (academically) into four periods, identifiable by the changes in culture and practice evident by those who lived at the site.
- Greg Beyer
The Early Neolithic community of 'Ain mercial Ghazal activity revealed that houses extended ("Spring of the Gazelle") is located on the across west a distance of 600 m north to south, and bank of the Wadi Zarqa, the longest drainage concentrated sys- distributions of flint artifacts on the tem in highland Jordan.
Apr 24, 2024 · AMMAN — The settlement at Ain Ghazal Site is one of the largest Neolithic settlements known in the Near East and is situated on the western edge of the Wadi Zarqa, which, although dry today, was a permanent stream from at least late Pleistocene and early Holocene times until the mid-1950’s. Ain Ghazal is now part of north-eastern Amman.
THE SITE The Early Neolithic community of 'Ain Ghazal ("Spring of the Gazelle") is located on the west bank of the Wadi Zarqa, the longest drainage system in highland Jordan. The Zarqa River is a permanent stream fed by springs in the Amman area and farther downstream.
- Gary Rollefson
The "main" site is situated on Abu Hureyra, in northern Syria, was more than 11 ha in area, and Beisamoun and Khirbet Sheikh 'Ali, both in northern Palestine, were each about 10 ha in size (see Rollefson 1987 for other site sizes and references).
The earliest houses excavated at the site of ‘Ain Ghazal are dated to the Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B and Neo-Lithics 1/09 Fig. 1 A reconstruction of the LPPNB major building excavated in the North Field (drawn by Ali Omari) Rubble Slides and Rapid Climate Change 25 Change at the Neolithic Site of ‘Ain Ghazal must be mentioned that most ...
