Kharaysin archaeological site — Wikipedia

Kharaysin is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic site (PPN) located in the village of Quneya, at the Zarqa River valley, Jordan. This site was discovered in 1984 by Hanbury-Tenison and colleagues during the Jerash Region Survey. The site was allocated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B because of the analysis of archaeological artefacts recovered on the surface. Kharaysin is a large settlement on a hillside that links the promontory of Mutawwaq and the right bank of the Zarqa River. It is located at the confluence of the Zarqa River with a small tributary river, the Wadi Kharaysin. At the top of the...