# Hamadia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hamadia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hamadia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamadia > Source revision: 1276106905 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Kibbutz in northern Israel}} {{Infobox Israel village | name = Hamadia | hebname = חמדיה | image = Hamadia 042a.jpg | imgsize = 250px | caption = | founded = 1939
1942 (refoundation) | founded_by =Hermonimniks | council = [Valley of Springs](/source/Valley_of_Springs_Regional_Council) | country = {{ISR}} | district = north | affiliation = [Kibbutz Movement](/source/Kibbutz_Movement) | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Hamadya}} | population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map=Israel jezreel#Israel |pushpin_mapsize=250|pushpin_label_position=left |coordinates = {{coord|32|31|13|N|35|31|11|E|display=inline,title}} | website = }} '''Hamadia''' ({{langx|he|חמדיה}}) is a [kibbutz](/source/kibbutz) in the [Beit She'an Valley](/source/Beit_She'an_Valley), just north of [Beit She'an](/source/Beit_She'an) in northern [Israel](/source/Israel). It belongs to the [Valley of Springs Regional Council](/source/Valley_of_Springs_Regional_Council). In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Hamadya}}.{{Israel populations|reference}} ==Name== The kibbutz took its name from [al-Hamidiyya](/source/al-Hamidiyya), a depopulated Arab village north of the kibbutz named for the [sultan](/source/sultan) of [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire), [Abdul Hamid II](/source/Abdul_Hamid_II). ==History== The kibbutz was founded in 1939 as part of the [Tower and stockade](/source/Tower_and_stockade) movement. It was re-established in 1942 by the "Hermonim" pioneers, a [garin](/source/Gar'in) of native-born Israelis who were part of a youth group. thumb|Hamadia. 1946 thumb|Hamadia. 1949 ==Archaeology: Hamadiya Neolithic site== The Neolithic site at Kibbutz Hamadiya, known from archaeological literature as '''Hamadiya''', is situated on a terrace of ancient [Lake Beisan](/source/Lake_Beisan), 200 metres below sea level,{{cite book |author= Michael Avi-Yonah |title= Encyclopedia of archaeological excavations in the Holy Land, p. 468 |volume= 2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=O6ptAAAAMAAJ |year= 1978 |publisher= Prentice-Hall |isbn=978-0-13-275123-0 |access-date=3 May 2011 }} {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of the prehistorical site of [Munhata](/source/Munhata). Hamadiya is suggested to date between c. 5800 and 5400 BCE. Detailed reports have yet to be published.[http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/paleo_0153-9345_1993_num_19_1_4587 Garfinkel, Y., The Yarmukian Culture in Israel, Paléorient, Volume 19, 19-1, pp. 115-134, 1993] Hamadiya is a single-layer archaeological site of about {{convert|100|m2|ha|abbr=on}}, first reported and excavated by Nehemia Zori in 1958, then again by Jacob Kaplan in 1964.{{cite book |author= British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem |title= Levant |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=EKEsAQAAIAAJ |access-date=3 May 2011 |year= 2005}} [Oven](/source/Oven)s, pits and [fireplace](/source/fireplace)s were found with [Yarmukian](/source/Yarmukian) pottery and an assemblage of many [axe](/source/axe)s, picks, scrapers, "[saw](/source/saw)" elements{{dubious|It does not seem to be the proper English term.|date=August 2015}} and [sickle](/source/sickle)s. Large saw elements indicate possible earlier [Neolithic](/source/Neolithic) occupation which was suggested to date at least to the early [Chalcolithic](/source/Chalcolithic){{dubious|Seems to be over 1000 years off-target! Chalc. starts 4500 BCE, here it's around 5800 BCE. MOM period 7 also PNA, not Chalc. So, "Pottery Neolithic A"?|date=December 2019}} ([MOM](/source/Maison_de_l'Orient_et_de_la_M%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9e) [period 7](/source/ASPRO_chronology)). A [flint](/source/flint) [sickle](/source/sickle) workshop was located close to the site with over 300 sickle blades found.{{cite book |author= Francis Hours |author-link= Francis Hours |title= Atlas des sites du Proche Orient (14000-5700 BP)|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KlZtAAAAMAAJ |year= 1994 |publisher= Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen |isbn= 978-2-903264-53-6 |access-date= 3 May 2011 }} ==Notable people== [[File:GalNevo-0220.jpg|thumb|180px|[Gal Nevo](/source/Gal_Nevo)]] *[Nadav Argaman](/source/Nadav_Argaman), head of [Shin Bet](/source/Shin_Bet) *[Gal Nevo](/source/Gal_Nevo), Olympic swimmer ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Valley of Springs Regional Council}} {{Portal|Israel|History|Asia}} Category:Kibbutzim Category:Kibbutz Movement Category:Populated places established in 1939 Category:Populated places established in 1942 Category:Neolithic settlements Category:Neolithic Category:Prehistoric sites in Israel Category:1939 establishments in Mandatory Palestine Category:1942 establishments in Mandatory Palestine Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hamadia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamadia) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamadia?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.