Nahal Issaron

{{Infobox historic site

| name =Nahal Issaron

| native_name = נחל עשרון

|native_language=he

| image =

| caption = Nahal Issaron

| location = Israel

| locmapin = Israel

| coordinates = {{coord|29|54|51|N|34|58|21|E|region:IL_dim:3000|display=inline,title}}

| map_caption = Location of Nahal Issaron in Israel

| elevation = 453 m

}}

Nahal Issaron ({{langx|he| נחל עשרון}} Naẖal Issaron) is a wadi and neolithic settlement in southern Negev, Israel. It is located at the eastern edge of Ovda Valley, {{convert|35|km|mi}} north of the Gulf of Elat and {{convert|5|km|mi}} west of Arabah Rift valley.{{cite journal|last1=GORING-MORRIS|first1=A.N.|last2=GOPHER|first2=A.|title=Naḥal Issaron: A Neolithic Settlement in the Southern Negev: Preliminary Report of the Excavations in 1980|journal=Israel Exploration Journal|date=1983|volume=33|issue=3/4|pages=149–162|jstor=27925893}} Excavations carried out by Avi Gopher and Nigel Goring-Morris in Nahal Issaron in 1980 uncovered remnants of an early pastoralist settlement belonging to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period.

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|source ={{Cite web |url= http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|title= NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index|access-date = 11 July 2017 |publisher= NASA}}

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