Petra, Neolithic village at Beidha

Title: Petra, Neolithic village at Beidha
Description: Beidha: The excavated Stone Age village of Beidha, one kilometer south west of Siq al-Barid, Beidha,the white one' in Arabic, dates from the period at the end of the Stone Age known as the Neolithic era, when people in the Near East making the slow, gradual transition from small groups of nomadic hunter-gatherers to settled villagers who domesticated animals and cultivated plants. It was excavated by Mrs. Diana Kirkbride. (Khouri, R. "Petra: a guide to the capital of the Nabataeans" 1986)
Place: Petra area (Jordan)
Identifier: JT_J_2_08a_015
Historical Periods: Neolithic
Tag: Aerial; World Heritage Site; UNESCO; Seven Wonders; Pre-Pottery Neolithic B; Natufian; Nabataean; Neolithic; Stone Age
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