Tell Jisr
Tell el-Jisr | |
PPNB, Neolithic, Chalcolithic | |
| Site notes | |
|---|---|
| Excavation dates | 1965-1966 |
| Archaeologists | Lorraine Copeland, Peter J. Wescombe |
| Condition | ruins |
| Public access | Yes |
Tell Jisr, Tell el-Jisr or Tell ej-Jisr is a hill and archaeological site 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) northwest of Joub Jannine in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon.[1][2]
It was discovered in 1965-1966 by Lorraine Copeland and Peter Wescombe but the perimeter and extent of the find was not fully determined.[3] It is suggested to have been surrounded by fertile arable land suitable for crop cultivation and was likely a river crossing, situated on the east bank of the Litani.
Excavation
A large amount of the material collected by
Saint Joseph University.[4] Flint tools were of the heavy type suggested to have been used for deforestation, they included trapezoidal axes, choppers, a variety of scrapers including advanced fan scrapers, segmented sickle blades with fine denticulation and some obsidian.[5]
The range of
References
- ISBN 978-2-903264-53-6. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ Council for British Research in the Levant; British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem; British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History (1981). Levant. Council for British Research in the Levant. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ Rolf Hachmann; Karl-Ernst Behre (1970). Bericht über die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen in Kamid el-Loz (Libanon) in den Jahren 1966 und 1967. Habelt. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ Moore, A.M.T. (1978). The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. pp. 469–475.
- ^ Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut; Lebanon) (1966). Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph p. 99. Impr. catholique. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ Moore, A.M.T. (1978). The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. pp. 436–442.
- ^ Mendenhall, George E., The Northern Origins of Old South Arabic Literacy, The University of Michigan and Yarmouk University, Yemen Update 33:15-19 (1993) Archived 2011-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards; Cambridge University Press (1969). The Cambridge ancient history. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
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