7,000-year-old settlement discovered in Jerusalem
7,000-year-old settlement discovered in Jerusalem
Archeologists uncovered two houses with well-preserved remains and floors containing pottery vessels, flint tools and a basalt bowl.
By: The Associated Press, Published on Wed Feb 17 2016
JERUSALEM—Israeli archeologists said Wednesday they have unearthed a 7,000-year-old settlement in northern Jerusalem, describing it as the oldest discovery of its kind in the area.
Israel’s Antiquities Authority said the excavation exposed two houses with well-preserved remains and floors containing pottery vessels, flint tools and a basalt bowl.
Ronit Lupo, the authority’s director of excavations, said the items are representative of the early Chalcolithic period, beginning around 5,000 B.C. Similar developments have been found elsewhere in present-day Israel but not in Jerusalem.
“This is the first time we found architecture of this kind in Jerusalem itself,” she said. “We are talking about an established society, very well organized, with settlement, with cemeteries.”
During the Chalcolithic period, people began to use tools made from copper, while continuing to use stone tools as well.
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