Mayrouba
Mayrouba
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Mayrouba (
There are several Stone Age archaeological sites in the vicinity that have defined the location as the type site of the Mayroubian culture.[3][4]
Archaeology
Alternative name | Ain-bou-Grasse (Mayrouba III), Ain Berdet (Mayrouba V), "Site Tixier" (Mayrouba VI) |
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History | |
Periods | Upper Paleolithic |
Cultures | Mayroubian |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1962 |
Archaeologists | Paulist Fathers, Nasrallah, P. H. Gigues, Burkhalter, Fattal, Auguste Bergy, Maurice Tallon, Henri Fleisch, Francis Hours |
Condition | Ruins |
Public access | Yes |
Mayrouba I
Mayrouba I is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east northeast of
Finds of predominantly blue-grey
Mayrouba II
Mayrouba II is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of Mayrouba found by Francis Hours and determined as a Mayroubian site in a wooded, uncultivated area on sandstone at an altitude of approximately 1,460 metres (4,790 ft).[4]
Mayrouba III
Mayrouba III (Ain-bou-Grasse) is on the other side of the crest of a hill from Mayrouba I in a wooded area at an altitude of approximately 1,460 metres (4,790 ft). It was found by Francis Hours in 1964 and determined as a Mayroubian site and lies undisturbed amongst pines.[4]
Mayrouba IV
Mayrouba IV is on a small plateau north of the road between Jebel Mazloum and Mayrouba, east of a track leading to Ain-bou-Grasse, 100 metres (330 ft) west of Mayrouba I. It was found by Francis Hours in 1964 and determined as a Mayroubian site. A collection was made by Hours, Jacques Tixier and Lorraine Copeland in 1965 of mostly cores and burins but including an Emireh point. It lies undisturbed amongst screes.[4]
Mayrouba V
Mayrouba V (Ain Berdet) is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of Mayrouba at an altitude of approximately 1,293 metres (4,242 ft) on the slopes of a wooded hill. It was found by Francis Hours in 1964, determined as a Mayroubian site and lies undisturbed.[4]
Mayrouba VI
Mayrouba VI ("Site Tixier") is 100 metres (330 ft) south of Mayrouba I in a wood sloping towards the road to Mayrouba. It was found undisturbed in 1965 by Francis Hours, Jacques Tixier and Lorraine Copeland. The tools found indicated it to be a Mayroubian site and included an Emireh point, they are held by the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory.[4]
References
- ^ Owen's commerce & travel and international register. Owen's Commerce & Travel Ltd. 1964. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Mayrouba". Localiban. Localiban. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ Henry Field (1956). Ancient and modern man in Southwestern Asia. University of Miami Press. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g Lorraine Copeland; P. Wescombe (1965). Inventory of Stone-Age sites in Lebanon, pp. 40-42 & 106-107. Imprimerie Catholique. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ Fleisch, Henri., Les stations préhistoriques de montagne au Liban, VI' Congrès de l'UlSPP (Rome, 1962)