Amlaq Qatih Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Moore, A.M.T.. The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. 1978. 444–446.
  2. Book: L. Copeland. P. Wescombe. Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon, p. 22. 29 August 2011. 1966. Impr. Catholique.