El Khiam

 ( 1934 Archaeological Discoveries ) 

El Khiam (الخیام) is an archaeological site near Wadi Khureitun in the Judaean Desert in the West Bank, on the shores of the Dead Sea.

Archaeological finds at El Khiam show nearly continuous habitation by groups of hunters since the Mesolithic and early Neolithic periods. Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, Avraham Negev and Shimon Gibson The Khiamian period (c. 10000–9500 BCE), named for this site, is characterized by flint arrowheads now known as "El-Khiam points".Gopher, Avi (1994). Arrowheads of the Neolithic Levant: a seriation analysis, pp. 6 & 9, Dissertation Series 10, American Schools of Oriental Research, Eisenbrauns. El Khiam was first excavated by René Neuville in 1934, by Jean Perrot in 1951 and in 1961.

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