Hermel

Coordinates: 34°23′29″N 36°23′45″E / 34.39139°N 36.39583°E / 34.39139; 36.39583
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Hermel
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Shepherd Neolithic flint tools discovered at Kamouh el Hermel. 1. End scraper on a flake. 2. Transverse scraper and awl on a thin flake. 3. Borer on a flake blade. 4. Burin with a wide working edge on a heavy flake. All in matt brown flint.

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Red Cross First Aid Center.[2] Hermel's inhabitants are predominantly Shia Muslims.[3]

There is an ancient pyramid known as Kamouh el Hermel (Pyramid or Needle of Hermel) located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of the town that is a popular attraction for local tourists.[4]

History

In 1519 and 1545, the town was under the administration of the nahiyah ("subdistrict") of Manasef, and tax records indicate it had 50 households, all Muslims. The town's population swelled after the Hamade family and their associated Shia clans left Mount Lebanon to settle in Hermel and its surroundings, which were already part of the Hamade's tax-concessions since 1668.[5]

Archaeology

Hermel plains

The Hermel plains are an area of low hills around Hermel, through which runs the

archaeological industry exists from finds of stone tools in this area. It consists of generally small tools whose typology is limited. It was termed the Shepherd Neolithic industry by Henri Fleisch.[6]

Hermel I (Mrah Abbas)

Hermel I or Mrah Abbas was discovered by Shiat Ali el Karar w beit hmede and is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north northeast of Hermel, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) before reaching

tumuli and a few were evidently not built to have cap-stones on top.[7]

Hermel II (Jisr el Aassi)

Hermel II or Jisr el Aassi is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of Hermel I near the gorge through which the Orontes river flows. It was found by P. Billaux and mentioned by Maurice Tallon in 1958 who made a lengthy description of the largest tumulus in 1959.

Early Bronze Age III by Tallon.[8] Henri Fleisch found a collection of Shepherd Neolithic flints around these dolmen.[7]

Hermel III (Choueighir)

Hermel III or Choueighir is a village on the left (western) bank of the Orontes and an archaeological site was found by P. Billaux 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the north of it.

el Qaa by Henri Fleisch in 1966, it is held in the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory.[7]

Hermel IV (Wadi el Joz)

Hermel IV or Wadi el Joz is a collection of

Middle Bronze Age and Iron Age material.[7]

References
  1. ^ "Hermel". Localiban.
  2. ^ Our Centers Archived 2006-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Car bomb blasts Lebanese town near Syria border", The Guardian, 2014-01-16
  4. ISBN 978-1-84162-370-2
    . Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  5. ISBN 9781139486811
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  6. ^ Lorraine Copeland; P. Wescombe (1965). Inventory of Stone-Age sites in Lebanon, p. 43 & 45. Imprimerie Catholique. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  7. ^ a b c d L. Copeland; P. Wescombe (1966). Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon, p. 32-33. Impr. Catholique. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  8. ^ a b c Tallon, Maurice., Tumulus et Mégalithes du Hermel et de la Beqa Nord. MUSJ, vol. 31, fasc. 3, p. 91, 1959.
  9. ^ Fleisch, Henri. Notes de Préhistoire Libanaise: 1) Ard es Saoude. 2) La Bekaa Nord. 3) Un polissoir en plein air. BSPF, vol. 63, 1966.
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