Hamadia
{{Short description|Kibbutz in northern Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Hamadia
| hebname = חמדיה
| image = Hamadia 042a.jpg
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| founded = 1939
1942 (refoundation)
| founded_by =Hermonimniks
| council = Valley of Springs
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = north
| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement
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| population = {{Israel populations|Hamadya}}
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|coordinates = {{coord|32|31|13|N|35|31|11|E|display=inline,title}}
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Hamadia ({{langx|he|חמדיה}}) 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 {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Hamadya}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
Name
The kibbutz took its name from al-Hamidiyya, a depopulated Arab village north of the kibbutz named for the sultan of Ottoman Empire, Abdul Hamid II.
History
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.
Archaeology: Hamadiya Neolithic site
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,{{cite book |author= Michael Avi-Yonah |title= Encyclopedia of archaeological excavations in the Holy Land, p. 468 |volume= 2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=O6ptAAAAMAAJ |year= 1978 |publisher= Prentice-Hall |isbn=978-0-13-275123-0 |access-date=3 May 2011 }} {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of the prehistorical site of Munhata. Hamadiya is suggested to date between c. 5800 and 5400 BCE. Detailed reports have yet to be published.[http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/paleo_0153-9345_1993_num_19_1_4587 Garfinkel, Y., The Yarmukian Culture in Israel, Paléorient, Volume 19, 19-1, pp. 115-134, 1993]
Hamadiya is a single-layer archaeological site of about {{convert|100|m2|ha|abbr=on}}, first reported and excavated by Nehemia Zori in 1958, then again by Jacob Kaplan in 1964.{{cite book |author= British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem |title= Levant |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=EKEsAQAAIAAJ |access-date=3 May 2011 |year= 2005}} Ovens, pits and fireplaces were found with Yarmukian pottery and an assemblage of many axes, picks, scrapers, "saw" elements{{dubious|It does not seem to be the proper English term.|date=August 2015}} and sickles. Large saw elements indicate possible earlier Neolithic occupation which was suggested to date at least to the early Chalcolithic{{dubious|Seems to be over 1000 years off-target! Chalc. starts 4500 BCE, here it's around 5800 BCE. MOM period 7 also PNA, not Chalc. So, "Pottery Neolithic A"?|date=December 2019}} (MOM period 7). A flint sickle workshop was located close to the site with over 300 sickle blades found.{{cite book |author= Francis Hours |author-link= Francis Hours |title= Atlas des sites du Proche Orient (14000-5700 BP)|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KlZtAAAAMAAJ |year= 1994 |publisher= Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen |isbn= 978-2-903264-53-6 |access-date= 3 May 2011 }}
Notable people
- Nadav Argaman, head of Shin Bet
- Gal Nevo, Olympic swimmer
References
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{{Valley of Springs Regional Council}}
{{Portal|Israel|History|Asia}}
Category:Populated places established in 1939
Category:Populated places established in 1942
Category:Neolithic settlements
Category:Prehistoric sites in Israel
Category:1939 establishments in Mandatory Palestine