Akbiyeh
Archaeological site in Lebanon
Location | 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Sidon, Lebanon |
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Type | black soil area |
History | |
Periods | Heavy Neolithic, Neolithic |
Cultures | Qaraoun culture |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1894 |
Archaeologists | Godefroy Zumoffen |
Condition | under cultivation |
Public access | Yes |
Akbiyeh is an archaeological site approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Sidon, northeast of Ain Kantarah in Lebanon.[1] The area of black soil around 600 metres (2,000 ft) by 30 metres (98 ft) was found by Godefroy Zumoffen in 1894.[2] Material recovered is in the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory including four bifaces of Lower Paleolithic form along with a variety of material suggested to be Middle Paleolithic and Heavy Neolithic of the Qaraoun culture. These include a number of rectangular picks, rough cores and flakes in various conditions. The site is now under cultivation.[3]
References
- ^ Lorraine Copeland; P. Wescombe (1965). Inventory of Stone-Age sites in Lebanon, p. 128-135. Imprimerie Catholique. Retrieved 21 July 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Godefroy Zumoffen (1900). La Phénicie avant les phéniciens: l'âge de la pierre. Impr. catholique. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ Howell, F., Upper Pleistocene Stratigraphy and Early Man in the Levant, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 103, 1959.
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Sidon District, South Governorate
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