Shemouniyeh Explained

Shemouniyeh
Alternate Name:Wadi al-Far'a
Map Type:West Bank
Location:West Bank
Coordinates:32.2937°N 35.3445°W
Type:Tell
Built:ca. 9300 BC
Abandoned:ca. 6000 BC
Cultures:Qaraoun culture
Excavations:1925–26
Archaeologists:Francis Turville-Petre
Public Access:yes

Shemouniyeh is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture in the Palestinian Tubas Governorate in the northeastern West Bank, located five kilometers southwest of Tubas. It is located on a plateau over the north of the Wadi Fa'rah, a little north-west of Deishun. Nearby is the Qaraoun culture occupational site of Wadi Sallah. Large numbers of massive flint tools and debris from this factory site were found and linked to this little known culture that was identified at over 25 sites in Lebanon. Tools found included picks, adzes, borers and flake scrapers.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Moore, A.M.T.. The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. 1978. 446–447.
  2. Book: Francis Adrian Joseph Turville-Petre. Dorothea M. A. Bate. Arthur Keith . Researches in prehistoric Galilee, 1925-1926, p. 108. 22 July 2011. 1927. The Council of the School.