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Hamadia

Coordinates: 32°31′13″N 35°31′11″E / 32.52028°N 35.51972°E / 32.52028; 35.51972
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Hamadia
חֲמַדְיָה
Hamadia is located in Jezreel Valley region of Israel
Hamadia
Hamadia
Hamadia is located in Israel
Hamadia
Hamadia
Coordinates: 32°31′13″N 35°31′11″E / 32.52028°N 35.51972°E / 32.52028; 35.51972
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
CouncilValley of Springs
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
Founded1939
1942 (refoundation)
Population
 (2022)[1]
439

Hamadia (Hebrew: חֲמַדְיָה) is a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley, just north of Beit She'an in northern Israel. It belongs to the Valley of Springs Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 439.[1]

Name

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The kibbutz took its name from al-Hamidiyya, an abandoned Arab village north of the kibbutz named for the sultan of Ottoman Empire, Abdul Hamid II.

History

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The kibbutz was founded in 1939 as part of the Tower and stockade movement. It was re-established in 1942 by the "Hermonim" pioneers, a garin of native-born Israelis who were part of a youth group.

Hamadia. 1946
Hamadia. 1949

Archaeology: Hamadiya Neolithic site

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The Neolithic site at Kibbutz Hamadiya, known from archaeological literature as Hamadiya, is situated on a terrace of ancient Lake Beisan, 200 metres below sea level,[2] 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the prehistorical site of Munhata.[3] Hamadiya is suggested to date between c. 5800 and 5400 BCE.[3] Detailed reports have yet to be published.[4]

Hamadiya is a single-layer archaeological site of about 100 m2 (0.010 ha), first reported and excavated by Nehemia Zori in 1958, then again by Jacob Kaplan in 1964.[5] Ovens, pits and fireplaces were found with Yarmukian pottery and an assemblage of many axes, picks, scrapers, "saw" elements[dubiousdiscuss] and sickles. Large saw elements indicate possible earlier Neolithic occupation which was suggested to date at least to the early Chalcolithic[dubiousdiscuss] (MOM period 7). A flint sickle workshop was located close to the site with over 300 sickle blades found.[3]

Notable people

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Gal Nevo

References

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  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Michael Avi-Yonah (1978). Encyclopedia of archaeological excavations in the Holy Land, p. 468. Vol. 2. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-275123-0. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Francis Hours (1994). Atlas des sites du Proche Orient (14000-5700 BP). Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen. ISBN 978-2-903264-53-6. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  4. ^ Garfinkel, Y., The Yarmukian Culture in Israel, Paléorient, Volume 19, 19-1, pp. 115-134, 1993
  5. ^ British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem (2005). Levant. Retrieved 3 May 2011.