Baydha was one of the oldest neolithic settlements of Jordan and the Levant. The settlement dates from the eighth millennium before our time account, the period in which hunter-gatherers transferred to agriculture and animal husbandry. Baydha's archaeological site is a few miles north of Petra and is only reached on foot after a walk of twenty minutes from the road between Petra and Siq al-Berid.
Archaeologists discovered two levels of living. The first level was dated 7000 before Chr. (PPNB or Pre Pottery Neolithicum B). There were round stone houses, partially sunk in the ground, based on a structure of vertically positioned wooden poles. A wall was built around the settlement. Presumably, the inhabitants bred goats and bred different cereals and nuts. Various tools like fire and grinding stones were found.
About 6600 before our time account, the village was rebuilt after a fire. The houses then had straight walls and large and small rooms.
About 6500 before Chr. the place was abandoned and never inhabited again. The Nabateeans would have used the surrounding land for their agricultural activities. Even now, semi-nomad families use these grains for grain cultivation.
A reconstruction of the neolithic village was set right next to the archaeological site.
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