Global InformationKharaysin information
  Shown within Near East  Kharaysin (Jordan) | |
| Location | Zarqa Governorate, Jordan |
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| Coordinates | 32°12′14″N 36°0′32″E / 32.20389°N 36.00889°E |
| History | |
| Periods | Neolithic, Bronze Age |
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.[1] The site was allocated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B because of the analysis of archaeological artefacts recovered on the surface.[2][3]
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 promontory is placed the Bronze Age site of Jebel al-Mutawwaq.
Since May 2014, a Spanish research team of the Spanish National Research Council, the University of Cantabria and the Pontifical Faculty of San Esteban in Salamanca has been carrying out archaeological works in the site that have been funded by the Ministry of Culture of Spain through its program of archaeological projects abroad.
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