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Who built the Neolithic stone circles, cromlechs and tombs of Portugal and Spain? Why did these people make strange plaque shaped idols? Where did they come from and who are the Bell Beaker people who invaded Iberia and replaced the megalith culture? All such questions are answered in this documentary about Neolithic Iberia.

Join us on our short tour of Al Beidha Neolithic village, a short walk from Little Petra in Jordan.
Occupied from 8,500 BC, this is one of the earliest villages ever discovered, showing the transformation from hunter-gatherers to farmers.

Periods of settlement

Three periods of occupation were detected: the Natufian period in the 11th millennium BC,[3][4] a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) village with masonry construction in the 7th millennium BC[5][6] and a Nabatean period dating to the 1st or 2nd century BC.[7]

Natufian period

Natufian Beidha is characterized as a seasonal encampment, repeatedly occupied over a long period of time. Evidence from lithics recovered along with the layout and position of hearths and roasting areas suggested the occupants were primarily engaged in hunting related activities. This was supported by the absence of permanent buildings, storage, burials and large stone implements.[3]

Neolithic period

The Neolithic stage at Beidha has been suggested to be one of the earliest villages with habitation dated between 7200 and 6500 BC. In the earliest PPNB phases, the population has been estimated at between 50 and 115 people.[8] These villagers used stone masonry and built a wall around the settlement of round houses with subterranean floors. Its occupants cultivated barley and emmer wheat in an early state of domestication, herded goats, and hunted a variety of wild animals such as ibex and gathered wild plants, fruits and nuts.[9] Burials were found in an area of the settlement thought to be used for ritual purposes.[9] Evidence shows it was destroyed by fire c. 6650 BC and then rebuilt with rectangular, overground buildings and specialized workshops. At the height of habitation, the population has been estimated at anywhere between 125 and 235 people.[8] Around 6500 BC the village was abandoned again, for unknown reasons. Many of the materials recovered came from some distance and included Anatolian obsidian and mother of pearl from the Red Sea. The transition to right-angled buildings shows an important development in human society that may have contributed the development of cities.[6][9] There is also a structure dating from this period some yards east of the main site which has been interpreted as possibly being a temple for the practice of what may have been a pre-Abrahamic religion. (The layout of the structure is that of a temple, but there are no signs of any 'graven images' ever having been present.)

Nabataean period

There is also plentiful evidence of a renowned Nabataean settlement in the area including construction of a series of walls around agricultural terraces.[3][10]