Bir al-Maksur or Beer el-Maksura (; ) is an
Arab
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Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...
Bedouin
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[Gal, 1992, p]
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/ref> local council in the Northern District of Israel located north-west of Nazareth. In its population was . The villagers belong to the Arab el-Hujeirat Bedouin tribe, settled there in the 1950s.
History and archaeology
Flint
Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Historically, flint was widely used to make stone tools and start ...
from the Mousterian
The Mousterian (or Mode III) is an Industry (archaeology), archaeological industry of Lithic technology, stone tools, associated primarily with the Neanderthals in Europe, and with the earliest anatomically modern humans in North Africa and We ...
culture, made with the Levallois technique
The Levallois technique () is a name given by archaeologists to a distinctive type of stone knapping developed around 250,000 to 400,000Shipton, C. (2022). Predetermined Refinement: The Earliest Levallois of the Kapthurin Formation. *Journal of ...
, in addition to remains from Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) denotes the first stage of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, in early Levantine and Anatolian Neolithic culture, dating to years ago, that is, 10,000–8800 BCE. Archaeological remains are located in the Levantine and U ...
and B have been found during excavations.
Sherd
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s from Iron age I, and possibly Iron age II have also been found.[
A burial cave, with ceramics and artefacts dating to the late ]Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of Roman civilization
*Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...
period, that is, 3rd–4th centuries CE, has been unearthed.
In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine
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'' noted at ''Kh. el Maksur'': "Heaps of stones."[meaning: ''The ruin of the broken one'', according to Palmer, 1881, p]
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Notable people
* Mohammad Ghadir
Mohammed Ghadir (, ; born 21 January 1991) is a retired Israeli professional football (soccer), footballer who plays for Hapoel Hadera F.C., Hapoel Hadera.
Club career
Maccabi Haifa
After progressing through the youth ranks of Maccabi Haifa F.C ...
(born 1991), professional football player who plays for Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.
See also
*Arab localities in Israel
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According to ...
References
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External links
Welcome To Bir al-Maksura
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 5
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Arab localities in Israel
Archaeological sites in Israel
Local councils in Northern District (Israel)
1950s establishments in Israel
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B