▁Tel ▁Q iri , ▁other ▁village ▁sites ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁dependencies ▁of ▁Y ok ne am . ▁ ▁History ▁and ▁ar che ology ▁ ▁The ▁earliest ▁traces ▁of ▁human ▁settlement ▁found ▁at ▁Tel ▁Y ok ne am ▁are ▁from ▁the ▁Chal col ith ic ▁period ▁( 4 5 0 0 – 3 3 0 0 ▁B CE ). ▁They ▁consist ▁only ▁of ▁a ▁few ▁cone - sh aped ▁vessels ▁and ▁jar ▁handles . ▁No ▁architect ural ▁features ▁can ▁be ▁attributed ▁to ▁the ▁ch al col ith ic ▁settlement , ▁if ▁one ▁existed . ▁Une xc av ated ▁areas ▁of ▁the ▁site ▁may ▁hold ▁more ▁significant ▁remains ▁of ▁this ▁period , ▁as ▁exc av ations ▁to ▁date ▁have ▁reached ▁bed rock ▁in ▁a ▁very ▁limited ▁location ▁only . ▁ ▁Early ▁Bron ze ▁Age ▁ ▁A ▁diverse ▁range ▁of ▁pot tery ▁from ▁this ▁period ▁has ▁been ▁found , ▁in ▁po ckets ▁of ▁fill ▁sitting ▁on ▁the ▁bed rock ▁of ▁the ▁tel . ▁Find s ▁include ▁bow ls , ▁plat ters , ▁cook ing ▁p ots , ▁and ▁j ars ▁that ▁date ▁from ▁the ▁entire ▁period ▁( 3 3 0 0 – 2 1 0 0 ▁B CE ). ▁A ▁cyl inder ▁se al ▁with ▁a ▁geometric ▁mot if , ▁and ▁a ▁stamp ed ▁se al ▁were ▁also ▁found . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁finds ▁correspond ▁to ▁the ▁Early ▁Bron ze ▁Age ▁layer ▁of ▁the ▁nearby ▁Tel ▁Q ash ish . ▁An ▁Egypt ian ▁vessel ▁made ▁of ▁di or ite , ▁was ▁discovered ▁on ▁top ▁of