Khallet el Hamra

Ravine and archaeological site in Lebanon

33°07′14″N 35°18′03″E / 33.1206°N 35.3008°E / 33.1206; 35.3008HistoryPeriodsHeavy Neolithic, AcheuleanCulturesQaraoun cultureSite notesArchaeologistsPaul Bovier-Lapierre, Henri FleischPublic accessYes

Heavy Neolithic tools of the Qaraoun culture found at Mtaileb I - Massive nosed scraper on a flake with irregular jagged edges, notches and "noses". Light grey and streaky silicious limestone.

Khallet el Hamra or Khallet Hamra is a ravine or wadi joining the larger Wadi Yaroun located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) southeast of Ain Ebelin the Bint Jbeil District of Nabatieh Governorate in Lebanon.^[1]^[2]

A Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture was discovered by jesuit archaeologist Paul Bovier-Lapierre in 1908. It was located to the south of a track that leads from Ain Ebel to Bint Jbeil at around 700 metres (2,300 ft) above sea level.^[3] Bovier-Lapierre considered several of the axes found to be Chellean with one exceptionally large and finely made Acheulean chopper.^[4] Henri Fleisch re-evaluated the materials in light of more modern studies and noted the finds to be only sparsely Acheulean with the assemblage consisting of predominantly "abundant" Heavy Neolithic tools of the Qaraoun culture.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b L. Copeland; P. Wescombe (1966). Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon, p. 40. Impr. Catholique. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
^ de Morgan, J., La préhistoire orientale, volume 3, p. 12, III, Paris, 1927.
^ Bovier-Lapierre, Paul., Stations préhistoriques du Beled Becharra (Hte Galilée), La Géographie, vol. 17, p. 77, 1908.
^ Karge, P., Rephaim: Die Vorgeschichtliche Kultur Palästinas und Phöniziens, p. 43, Paderborn (First edition), 1917-1918.

External links

3D Google Earth map of Khallet el Hamra on www.gmap3d.com
Khallet el Hamra on www.geographic.org

Heavy Neolithic sites

v t e Archaeological sites in Lebanon
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Archaeological sites in Lebanon

v t e Bint Jbeil District, Nabatiyeh Governorate
Capital: Bint Jbeil
Towns and villages	Ain Ebel Aitaroun At Tiri Aynata Ayta al-Jabal Ayta ash Shab Bayt Lif Bayt Yahoun Brashit Burj Qallawiyah Dayr Antar Debel Frun Ghanduriyah Haddatha Hanine Haris Jumayjimah Kafra Kafr Dunin Khirbet Selm Kunin Maroun al-Ras Qalaouiyeh Qaouzah Rachaf Ramyah Rmaich Safad al-Battikh Salhan Shaqra as-Sultaniyah Sribbin Tebnine Yaroun Yater
Notable landmarks	Belat temple Wadi Koura Wadi Yaroun Wadi al-Taym Wadi Saluki
Other sites	Aard el Borj Chalaaboun Douwara Khallet el Hamra