Place:Tell Neba'a Litani

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Tell Neba'a Litani
Alternative nameNeba'a Litani
Location9 kilometres (5.6 mi) west of Baalbek
RegionBekaa Valley
TypeTell
History
PeriodsPPNB
CulturesNeolithic
Site notes
Excavation dates1965-1966
ArchaeologistsLorraine Copeland,
Peter Wescombe
ConditionRuins
Public accessYes

Tell Neba'a Litani or Neba'a Litani is a medium size tell 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) west of Baalbek in the northern Beqaa Valley of Lebanon.[1] I It is located near the spring which is the main source of the Litani River at a height of 1,002 metres (3,287 ft). It was first studied by Lorraine Copeland and Peter Wescombe in 1965-1966 and is accessible via a road which turns from Hoch Barada to the left.[2] Materials recovered included flint tools such as scrapers and the blade from a segmented sickle. Pottery included burnished, painted and red-washed shards, some with incised decoration or lattice patterns. The material resembled finds from Byblos and Ard Tlaili leading Copeland and Wescombe to suggest a late Neolithic occupation for the tell that extended into the Bronze Age.[3]

References

  1. Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut; Lebanon) (1966). Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph. Impr. catholique. p. 80. https://books.google.com/books?id=_SQOAAAAYAAJ. 
  2. Francis Hours (1994). Atlas des sites du proche orient (14000-5700 BP). Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen. ISBN 978-2-903264-53-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=KlZtAAAAMAAJ. 
  3. Moore, A.M.T. (1978). The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished PhD Thesis. pp. 436–442. http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/182.html.