Amalq Qatih | |
Alternate Name: | Amlaq el Qatih |
Location: | 2.5km (01.6miles) northwest of Baaloul, 5km (03miles) north of Qaraoun, Lebanon |
Epochs: | Heavy Neolithic |
Cultures: | Qaraoun culture |
Excavations: | 1955 |
Archaeologists: | Henri Fleisch, Maurice Tallon |
Public Access: | Unknown |
Amlaq Qatih or Amlaq el Qatih is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture that is located 2.5km (01.6miles) northwest of Baaloul, 5km (03miles) north of Qaraoun, Lebanon.[1] [2]
The site was discovered and collections made by Henri Fleisch and Maurice Tallon in 1955. Materials recovered were found to be of a cream-coloured, cherty type of flint and were suggested to date from Acheulian, Heavy Neolithic and normal Neolithic periods and included a few Levallois cores.[2]