Akkar plain foothills
Archaeological site in Lebanon
34°32′25″N 36°05′19″E / 34.540278°N 36.088611°E / 34.540278; 36.088611The Akkar plain foothills are the location of several surface archaeological sites found between Halba and Adbe in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon.[1]
The sites were found in neogene conglomerates above the 200 metres (660 ft) contour on Louis Dubertret's geological map and mentioned by R. Wetzel and J. Haller in 1945.[2] The materials found were described as "Gros bifaces" along with other roughouts. The tools were originally classified as Chelleo-Acheullean however Lorraine Copeland suggested them reclassified as a Heavy Neolithic assemblage of the Qaraoun culture in light of more modern research.[1]
References
- ^ a b L. Copeland; P. Wescombe (1966). Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon, pp. 20-21. Impr. Catholique. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ Wetzel, R. & Haller, J., Le Quarternaire de la région de Tripoli. Notes et Mémoires de la Délégation Générale de France au Liban. Section Géologique, No. 4. Beirut, 1945.
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Heavy Neolithic sites
- Aadloun II
- Akkar plain foothills
- Akbiyeh
- Al-Bireh
- Amlaq Qatih
- Ard Saouda
- Baidar ech Chamout
- Beit Mery II
- Bustan Birke
- Dakoue
- Dekwaneh II
- Douris, Lebanon
- Douwara
- Flaoui
- Fadous Sud
- Hadeth south
- Jbaa
- Jdeideh I
- Jdeideh II
- Jebel Aabeby
- Kamid al lawz I
- Kefraya
- Kfar Tebnit
- Khallet Michte I
- Khallet Michte II
- Khallet el Hamra
- Mejdel Anjar I
- Moukhtara
- Mtaileb I
- Nabi Zair
- Plain of Zgharta
- Qaraoun I
- Qaraoun II
- Rayak North
- Sarepta
- Sidon III
- Taire II
- Tayibe
- Tell Ain el Meten
- Tell Khardane
- Tell Mureibit
- Tell Zenoub
- Wadi Boura
- Wadi Koura
- Wadi Yaroun
- Wadi al-Far'a
- Wadi Sallah