Mtaileb Explained

Official Name:Mtaileb
Settlement Type:Town
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Mount Lebanon Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Matn District
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Mtaileb I, Mtaileb II
Map Type:Lebanon
Map Size:200
Location:1.5km (00.9miles) east northeast of Antelias (Mtaileb I)
Region:Mount Lebanon Governorate
Coordinates:33.9236°N 35.6114°W
Epochs:Heavy Neolithic, Neolithic
Cultures:Qaraoun culture
Condition:Ruins
Public Access:Yes

Mtaileb or Mtayleb (Arabic: المطيلب) is a suburb north of Beirut in the Matn District of Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon.[1]

Mtaileb I

Mtaileb I or Rabiya is an archaeological site located 1.5km (00.9miles) east northeast of Antelias in a wooded ravine next to a road that zig-zags upwards to the Rabiya Club.[2] The site was discovered by Auguste Bergy in 1941 and a Heavy Neolithic assemblage of the Qaraoun culture consisting of enormous flint tools was collected and now held in the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory marked "1,500 m - 1,800m E.N.E. Antelias". The tools were studied by Jacques Cauvin and said to be made of impure Upper Jurassic flint. The area is now well built up with widely spaced villas and contains flint outcrops under the soil.[2]

Mtaileb II

Mtaileb II is located 900m (3,000feet) west northwest of Mtaileb on the north facing, wooded, sandstone slopes, in a junction of two ravines beneath the main Bikfaya road. A small Neolithic assemblage of tools was collected in beige and grey flint with small axes and picks. One slightly polished trapezoidal axe was found. The material is stored in the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory marked "1500 m S.W. Mazraat-ech-Chaar".[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Université Saint-Esprit. Encyclopédie maronite, p. 124. 6 August 2011. 1992. Université Saint Esprit.
  2. Book: Lorraine Copeland. P. Wescombe. Inventory of Stone-Age sites in Lebanon, p. 109-110, also see fig. XIII for drawings of Heavy Neolithic tools from Mtaileb I. 21 July 2011. 1965. Imprimerie Catholique.