Ba'ja
Sign in to savethumb|Areas B, E, and TU 2 thumb|Walls in Area TU 2 '''Ba'ja''' () is a Neolithic village north of Petra, Jordan. Like the nearby site of Basta, the settlement was built in c. , during the PPNB (Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) period. Ba'ja lies at an altitude of approximately , and is only accessible with a climbing route through a narrow, steep canyon. It is one of the largest neolithic villages in the Jordan area.
Key facts
- Historic site.name
- Ba'ja
- Historic site.image
- Ba'ja 01.jpg
- Historic site.caption
- Ba'ja, Excavation Area B
- Historic site.location
- Jordan
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- Jordan
- Historic site.map_caption
- Location of Ba'ja in Jordan
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thumb|Areas B, E, and TU 2 thumb|Walls in Area TU 2 '''Ba'ja''' () is a Neolithic village north of Petra, Jordan. Like the nearby site of Basta, the settlement was built in c. , during the PPNB (Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) period. Ba'ja lies at an altitude of approximately , and is only accessible with a climbing route through a narrow, steep canyon. It is one of the largest neolithic villages in the Jordan area.
Near the entrance to the site is Ba'ja I, an Islamic settlement with 2-3 layers of an older Nabataean settlement.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ba'ja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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