Plain of Zgharta

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Plain of Zgharta
Plain of Zgharta is located in Lebanon
Plain of Zgharta
Shown within Lebanon
LocationEast and southeast of Tripoli, Lebanon
Coordinates34°24′N 35°54′E / 34.4°N 35.9°E / 34.4; 35.9
History
PeriodsHeavy Neolithic (originally confused with Mousterian)
CulturesQaraoun culture
Site notes
ArchaeologistsR. Wetzel, J. Haller
Conditionterraced and under cultivation
Public accessYes

The Plain of

Cedars of Lebanon to start the Neolithic Revolution.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b L. Copeland; P. Wescombe (1966). Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon, p. 89. Impr. Catholique. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  2. ^ Wetzel, R. & Haller, J., Le Quarternaire de la région de Tripoli. Notes et Mémoires de la Délégation Génerale de France au Liban. Section Géologique, No. 4., Beirut, 1945.