Tahun ben Aissa

Tahun ben Aissa
Location Beqaa Valley, Lebanon
Type Tell
Part of Settlement
History
Periods Neolithic
Site notes
Excavation dates 1965-1966
Archaeologists Lorraine Copeland,
Peter J. Wescombe
Condition ruins
Public access Yes

Tahun ben Aissa is an archaeological site 3 and a half kilometres southwest of Joub Jannine in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon.[1][2]

This archaeological site, located on the left bank of the Litani was studied in 1965-6 by Lorraine Copeland and Peter Wescombe. Materials found included flints used for heavy chopping including trapezoidal, oval and rectangular shaped axes. A few sickle blades with fine denticulation along with some scrapers and an oval shaped arrowhead were found. Analysis of the recovered materials enabled Jacques Cauvin and Marie-Claire Cauvin to suggest that the site was contemporary with the earliest neolithic levels at Byblos.[3]

References

  1. ^ Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut; Lebanon) (1966). Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph. Impr. catholique. http://books.google.com/books?id=_SQOAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 
  2. ^ Copeland, Lorraine, "Neolithic Village Sites in the South Beqaa Lebanon", Melanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut Lebanon) Volume 45, (Pages 83-114), 1969.
  3. ^ Moore, A.M.T. (1978). The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. pp. 436–442. http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/182.html. 
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