Hatula

Also known as Hatulah Site, Hatoula Site

Hatula is an early Neolithic archeological site in the Judean hills south of Latrun, beside , in Israel, west of Jerusalem. The site is above the riverbed on a rocky slope in an alluvial valley. Excavations revealed three levels of occupation in the Natufian, Khiamian and PPNA (Sultanian).

In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Hatula, and connects out to Israel, dog and Jerusalem.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.

It sits within the topics 1981 archaeological discoveries, Archaeological type sites and Khiamian sites.

Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: Israel
Image: Map of the Levantine sites with El Khiam points.jpg

Show 1 more fact

culture: Neolithic

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Encyclopedic overview

2 sections

Contents

References
External links

The site was excavated in eight seasons between 1981 and 1990 by Monique Lechevallier of the CNRS and Avraham Ronen from the University of Haifa. They unearthed a semi-circular dwelling with burial in the latest period. The site was suggested to have been a hunting station for flocks of gazelle. Radiocarbon dates for the site suggest habitation between 10150 and 9320 BC by semi-sedentary groups. Evidence suggested domesticated dogs were present at the site. Study of the lithic industry suggested the Khiamian was an adaptation of the Natufian in the area. Evidence of an accomplished bone industry were found but no signs of any grinding tools, art objects or building materials in the earliest two levels indicating a short term settlement pattern.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hatula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.