Mtaileb
Mtaileb | |
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Village | |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Mount Lebanon Governorate |
District | Matn District |
Location | 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) east northeast of Antelias (Mtaileb I) |
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Region | Mount Lebanon Governorate |
Coordinates | 33°55′25″N 35°36′41″E / 33.923611°N 35.611389°E |
History | |
Periods | Heavy Neolithic, Neolithic |
Cultures | Qaraoun culture |
Site notes | |
Condition | Ruins |
Public access | Yes |
Mtaileb or Mtayleb (
Arabic: المطيلب) is a suburb north of Beirut in the Matn District of Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon.[1]
Mtaileb I
Mtaileb I or Rabiya is an
Upper Jurassic flint. The area is now well built up with widely spaced villas and contains flint outcrops under the soil.[2]
Mtaileb II
Mtaileb II is located 900 metres (3,000 ft) west northwest of Mtaileb on the north facing, wooded, sandstone slopes, in a junction of two ravines beneath the main Bikfaya road. A small Neolithic assemblage of tools was collected in beige and grey flint with small axes and picks. One slightly polished trapezoidal axe was found. The material is stored in the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory marked "1500 m S.W. Mazraat-ech-Chaar".[2]
References
- ^ Université Saint-Esprit (1992). Encyclopédie maronite, p. 124. Université Saint Esprit. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ^ a b c Lorraine Copeland; P. Wescombe (1965). Inventory of Stone-Age sites in Lebanon, p. 109-110, also see fig. XIII for drawings of Heavy Neolithic tools from Mtaileb I. Imprimerie Catholique. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
External links
- Mtayleb, Localiban