Qalaat Tannour is a Shepherd Neolithic archaeological site located halfway between Britel and Haour Taala, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of Baalbek in the Baalbek District of the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate in Lebanon.[1][2]
The surface site was discovered by M. Besançon in 1966 on a hill of exposed limestone rocks. It was the furthest south of all of the Shepherd Neolithic sites catalogued at the time. Flint tools found at the location were generally in a brown or grey, some showing a white patina. Blade types were typically short but also included thin and backed varieties, steep-scrapers and cores. The material was stored with the Saint Joseph University, Museum of Lebanese Prehistory.[1]
Several Roman tombs were also noted at the site.[1]
References
- ^ a b c L. Copeland; P. Wescombe (1966). Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon, p. 50. Impr. Catholique. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ Jacques Cauvin; Paul Sanlaville; Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen (Lyon, France) (1981). Préhistoire du Levant: chronologie et organisation de l'espace depuis les origines jusqu'au VIe millénaire. Éditions du C.N.R.S. ISBN 978-2-222-02898-7. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
External links
- Qalaat et Tannoûr on geographic.org
- Qalaat et Tannour on mapatlas.org at archive.today (archived April 15, 2013)
