Munhata

A site occupied in the PPNB phase, located on a high terrace of the River Jordan in Israel, with a radiocarbon date of c 7200 BC. Several different building phases are documented and the architecture is characterized by plastered areas and raised stone platforms; earlier rectangular buildings were later replaced by round ones. Sickle blades, querns, grindstones, and pestles suggest that wild cereals were harvested. After a hiatus in occupation, there were three ceramic phases: the Yarmukian, with semi-sunken round huts; the Munhata phase with similar structures, and the Wadi Rabah phase with rectangular houses.

Located on a high terrace of the River Jordan, 15 km south of Lake Kinnereth in Israel, Munhata was occupied in the PPNB phase and has a radiocarbon date of c7200 be. Several different building phases are documented and the architecture is characterized by plastered areas and raised stone platforms; earlier rectangular buildings were later replaced by round ones. The economy seems to have been based largely on wild resources. There is no evidence of crop cultivation, although sickle blades, querns, grindstones and pestles suggest that wild cereals were harvested. The animal side of the economy was based on caprines (possibly herded) and gazelle. After a hiatus in occupation there were three ceramic phases: the Yarmukian, with semi-sunken round huts; the Munhata phase with similar structures and the Wadi Rabah phase with rectangular houses.