  Shown within the West Bank | |
| Location | West Bank |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 32°01′58″N 35°28′32″E / 32.032778°N 35.475556°E[dubious – discuss] |
| Type | Tell[dubious – discuss] |
| Part of | Village |
| History | |
| Material | Charcoal, seeds |
| Founded | c. 11,400 BP |
| Abandoned | c. 11,200 BP |
| Periods | Neolithic (PPNA, PPNB)[dubious – discuss] |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1979-2005 |
| Archaeologists | Tamar Noy, Ofer Bar-Yosef, Mordechai E. Kislev, Anat Hartmann |
| Public access | Yes |
Gilgal I (Hebrew: גלגל) is an archaeological site in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, dated to the early Neolithic period. The site is located 8 mi (13 km) north of ancient Jericho.[1] The features and artifacts unearthed at Gilgal I shed important light on agriculture in the Levant.[2] The by far oldest domesticated figs found anywhere in the world were recovered from an incinerated house at the site, and have been described as coming from cultivated, as opposed to wild, fig trees.
- ^ "Farming began with fig trees, say experts". Daily Post. Liverpool, England. 2 June 2006. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Goren, Yuval; Biton, Rebecca (2010). "Technology of the fired clay objects from Gilgal I". In Ofer Bar-Yosef; A. Nigel Goring-Morris; Avi Gopher (eds.). Gilgal: Early Neolithic Occupations in the Lower Jordan Valley: The Excavations of Tamar Noy. Oxbow Books. pp. 217–221. ISBN 9781842174135. Retrieved 10 April 2021.