Mallaha was a Palestinian Arab village, located 16 kilometers northeast of Safed, on the highway between the latter and Tiberias. 'Ain Mallaha is the local Arabic name for a spring that served as the
Bundles of dried papyrus being loaded onto a lorry. Mallaha, circa 1936.
ʿAin Mallaha or Eynan was an Epipalaeolithic settlement belonging to the Natufian culture, occupied circa 14,326–12,180 cal. BP. The settlement is an example of hunter-gatherer sedentism, a crucial st
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…as the water source for the village inhabitants throughout the ages. It is also one of the names used in English to refer to the ancient Natufian era settlement at the site. Evidence of settlement at Mallaha (or 'Ain Mallaha) dates back to the Mesolithic period circa 10,000 BCE. The first permanent village…
Skeletons discovered at ʿAin Mallaha
Schematic human figure made of pebbles, from ʿAin Mallaha, Early Natufian, 12000 BC.
Limestone and basalt mortars, ʿAin Mallaha, Early Natufian, circa 12000 BC (Israel Museum, Jerusalem)
Stone Mortars from ʿAin Mallaha, Natufian period, 12500-9500 BC(Israel Museum, Jerusalem)