Tell Deir

Coordinates: 33°41′31.9″N 35°47′40.9″E / 33.692194°N 35.794694°E / 33.692194; 35.794694
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Tell Deir
Bekaa Valley
Coordinates33°41′31.9″N 35°47′40.9″E / 33.692194°N 35.794694°E / 33.692194; 35.794694
TypeTell
History
CulturesNeolithic
Site notes
Excavation dates1954, 1957
ArchaeologistsA. Kushke, Lorraine Copeland, Peter J. Wescombe
ConditionRuins
Public accessYes

Tell Deir (

Mohafazat (Governorate). It dates at least to the Neolithic.[1][2]

A large amount of

sherds were found with burnishing and red washing. Finds resembled later Neolithic material found nearby and was also suggested to have been occupied in the Bronze Age.[3]

References

  1. ^ Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut; Lebanon) (1969). Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph, pp.62. Impr. catholique. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  2. ^ Moore, A.M.T. (1978). The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. pp. 436–442.
  3. ^ Copeland, Lorraine, "Neolithic Village Sites in the South Beqaa Lebanon", Melanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut Lebanon) Volume 45, (Pages 83-114), 1969.