Riha Station Explained

Riha Station
Map Type:Lebanon
Location:14km (09miles) northwest of Baalbek, Lebanon
Coordinates:34.1258°N 36.2117°W
Type:settlement
Epochs:Shepherd Neolithic
Excavations:1966
Archaeologists:Frank Skeels, Laure Skeels
Public Access:Yes

Riha Station is a hill with a thin, occupational Shepherd Neolithic archaeological site located between the villages of Chaat and Knaisse, 14km (09miles) northwest of Baalbek in Lebanon.[1] [2]

The site was found by Frank Skeels and Laure Skeels in 1966, who collected some work flints that were passed to the Saint Joseph University, Museum of Lebanese Prehistory. The finds included small cores and flakes that were suggested to match Shepherd Neolithic typology.[1]

References

  1. Book: L. Copeland. P. Wescombe. Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon, p. 52. 3 March 2011. 1966. Impr. Catholique.
  2. Book: Charles Dudley Warner. In the Levant, Travels in Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. 13 October 2012. 2002. Gorgias Press LLC. 978-1-931956-81-9. 163–.