• from Torge (2010)

The site is located along the fringes of the hamra hills in the northern Shephelah, on a low hill in the midst of farmland that belongs to Qibbuz Na‘an, Moshav Pedaya and Moshav Yaziz. Previous excavations at the site, carried out east of the railroad track, had revealed mostly tombs and industrial installations, whose date ranged from the Roman to the Early Islamic periods.

• from Torge (2010)

Stratum	Period	Date Range	Description
I		mid 7th century CE
II		mid-6th to beginning of 7th centuries CE
III		beginning to mid-6th century CE
IV		5th century CE

Torge (2010) reports a thick layer of collapse, containing large ashlar stones, pieces of roof tiles, sections of a ceramic pipe and numerous pottery fragments on the floors of the buildings in 5th century CE stratum IV in Area B (Squares 30-36)

Taxel (2013:178-179) noted the following about archaeoseismic evidence in Khirbet al-Niʿana

Excavation of the western fringes of the inhabited area (the results of which were only preliminarily published) show no clear evidence for occupation after the mid-seventh century. According to the excavator (Torge, 2010)

The site was largely abandoned at the beginning of the Umayyad period and most of the masonry stones were plundered. The signs of destruction and burning may point to its destruction in the earthquake of 633 CE.

Unfortunately, however, the basis for this dating was not provided in the report.

Taxel (2013:179) added

Although large parts of the site remained unexcavated, and many details regarding some of the excavations await more detailed publication, the history of Khirbet al-Niʿana at the beginning of the Early Islamic period can be tentatively reconstructed. The results of the above-mentioned excavations indicate that domestic and industrial activity continued, with little change, at least until the second half of the seventh century. This conclusion, which is based on the published ceramic and numismatic finds, contradicts Torge’s suggestion (above) concerning the destruction and almost complete abandonment of the settlement in 633 C.E. However, it seems quite clear that certain parts of the site were not occupied after the seventh century; secure evidence for eighth to ninth/tenth century activity has thus far only been attested at the southeastern fringes. It is therefore possible that around the late seventh/early eighth century, the settlement was reduced in size or the core of the inhabited area was moved to another location that has not yet been excavated.

Effect	Location	Image(s)	Description
Collapse layer            Collapsed walls (large ashlar stones in the collapse layer) Roof collapse Broken pottery Debris	Area B (Squares 30-36) Fig. 1 General Plan Torge (2010)		Torge (2010) reports a thick layer of collapse, containing large ashlar stones, pieces of roof tiles, sections of a ceramic pipe and numerous pottery fragments on the floors of the buildings in 5th century CE stratum IV in Area B (Squares 30-36)

• Earthquake Archeological Effects chart
  Earthquake Archeological Effects (EAE)
  
  Rodríguez-Pascua et al (2013: 221-224)
  of Rodríguez-Pascua et al (2013: 221-224)

Effect	Location	Image(s)	Description	Intensity
Collapse layer            Collapsed walls (large ashlar stones in the collapse layer) Roof collapse suggesting displaced walls Broken pottery Debris	Area B (Squares 30-36) Fig. 1 General Plan Torge (2010)		Torge (2010) reports a thick layer of collapse, containing large ashlar stones, pieces of roof tiles, sections of a ceramic pipe and numerous pottery fragments on the floors of the buildings in 5th century CE stratum IV in Area B (Squares 30-36)	? VIII+ VII+ VII+ ?

The archeoseismic evidence requires a minimum Intensity of VIII (8) when using the Earthquake Archeological Effects chart of Rodríguez-Pascua et al (2013: 221-224).