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Amman
Jordanian and French archaeologists have found a 9,000-year-old Neolithic site in eastern Jordan, believed to have been occupied by deer hunters.
Fadi Balawi, director general of the Department of Antiquities, said it was “a time capsule that is 9,000 years old.” Archaeologist Wael Abu-Azizeh, one of those in charge of the project, said this is the “first and oldest discovery” of lodging campsites for deer hunters, who have used stone structures known as “desert kites” as traps for animals.
The site consists of several rooms and in the middle a shrine was found, which included two standing stones with carved human faces.
One of them is 112 centimetres tall and is made of limestone.
Another stone that archaeologists say is an altar, Abu-Azizeh added at a conference on Tuesday evening.
Among the finds at the site, there are also 149 marine fossils and four animal figurines.
Amman
Jordanian and French archaeologists have found a 9,000-year-old Neolithic site in eastern Jordan, believed to have been occupied by deer hunters.
Fadi Balawi, director general of the Department of Antiquities, said it was “a time capsule that is 9,000 years old.” Archaeologist Wael Abu-Azizeh, one of those in charge of the project, said this is the “first and oldest discovery” of lodging campsites for deer hunters, who have used stone structures known as “desert kites” as traps for animals.
The site consists of several rooms and in the middle a shrine was found, which included two standing stones with carved human faces.
One of them is 112 centimetres tall and is made of limestone.
Another stone that archaeologists say is an altar, Abu-Azizeh added at a conference on Tuesday evening.
Among the finds at the site, there are also 149 marine fossils and four animal figurines.
