Kfar Abida Explained

Official Name:Kfarabida
Other Name:كفرعبيدا
Native Name:Kfar Aabida
Settlement Type:Town
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:North Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Batroun District
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2007
Population Total:9,613
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Postal Code:4107[1]
Elevation M:200
Fadous Sud
Alternate Name:Fadaous Sud
Map Type:Lebanon
Map Size:200
Location:2km (01miles) south of Batroun, Lebanon
Region:North Governorate
Coordinates:34.2264°N 35.66°W
Type:Flint factory[2]
Part Of:Tell Fadous
Length:800 meters[3]
Cultures:Qaraoun
Archaeologists:Maurice Tallon, Dörte Rokitta-Krumnow[4]
Public Access:Yes

Kfar Abida, (sometimes spelled Kfar Aabida or Kfaraabida) is a village located 2km (01miles) south of Batroun in the Batroun District of the North Governorate in Lebanon.[5]

History

Neolithic

Located south of the tell, is Fadous Sud, a Heavy Neolithic site of the Qaraoun culture.[6] [7]

Bronze Age (Tell Fadous)

Early Bronze

On the coast, in the southwest of the town, lies an archaeological tell, Tell Fadous. The site may have been part of Byblos (12 km) to the south. Ceramic and architectural similaritiies are found from Sidon in the south to Tell Arqa in the north.

Phase III (EB II) shows a regular layout of the settlement with buildings separated by narrow streets.[8]

Phase IV (EB III) has a different layout where the buildings are spaced farther apart.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mapanet postal codes in english . 2023-02-23 . Mapanet . en.
  2. Genz, H. and Sader, H. 2007 Excavations at the Early Bronze Age Site of Tell Fadous-Kfarabida: Preliminary Report on the 2007 Season of Excavations. Bulletin d’Archéologie et d’Architecture Libanaises 11: 7-16., 2007.
  3. Book: Copeland, Lorraine . Inventory of Stone Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon. Part two . 1966 . éditeur non identifié . en.
  4. Rokitta D., A lithic site southeast for Tell Fadous-Kfarabida: Preliminary observations. Baal 9 (2005) 100-101.
  5. Book: Robert Boulanger. The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, p. 178. 9 July 2012. 1966. Hachette.
  6. Web site: Fadous site . 2023-02-23 . fadous.net.
  7. Web site: Tell Fadous University of Tübingen . 2023-02-23 . uni-tuebingen.de.
  8. Hermann Genz (2010) Recent Excavations at Tell Fadous-Kfarabida
  9. Hermann Genz (2010) Recent Excavations at Tell Fadous-Kfarabida