Tel Ro'im West is a prehistoric archaeological site in the eastern slopes of the Naftali Mountains, where it descends into the Hula Valley in northern Israel. The site offers a variety of resources including water, animals, and plants. It is surrounded by fertile soil to its south and east. In 2004, prior to road construction work, a salvage excavation took place. Two areas were excavated and within them, four settlement phases (strata) from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic and Pottery Neolithic periods were uncovered. The findings represent a northern-Levantine material culture, which implies this region has been a boundary between the material culture of the northern and southern Levant.[1]

Tel Ro'im West
Tel Ro'im West is located in Israel
Tel Ro'im West
Tel Ro'im West
Shown in Israel
Tel Ro'im West is located in Eastern Mediterranean
Tel Ro'im West
Tel Ro'im West
Tel Ro'im West (Eastern Mediterranean)
Location Israel
RegionNaftali Mountains, Israel
TypeTell
History
PeriodsPre-Pottery Neolithic, Pottery Neolithic
Site notes
Excavation dates2004

The site is named after Tel Ro'im in the nearby valley, where some Roman burial tombs and Bronze Age pottery were found.

Further reading

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  • Vered Eshed and Dani Nadel (2015). "Changes in burial customs from the Pre-Pottery to the Pottery Neolithic periods in the Levant: The case-study of Tel Roim West, Northern Israel". Paléorient. 41 (2): 115–131 – via Persée.

References

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  1. ^ Assaf Nativ, Danny Rosenberg, Dani Nadel (2014). "The Southern tip of the Northern Levant ? The Early Pottery Neolithic assemblage of Tel Ro'im West, Israel". Paléorient. 40 (1): 99–115 – via Persée.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)