Tell Zenoub Explained

Official Name:Tall Znoub
Native Name:تل ذنوب
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Lebanon
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Lebanon
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Lebanon
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Beqaa Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Western Beqaa
Unit Pref:Imperial
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:+3
Coordinates:33.6603°N 35.7778°W
Tell Zenoub
Location:4km (02miles) north northeast of Joub Jannine, Lebanon
Epochs:Heavy Neolithic, Neolithic
Cultures:Qaraoun culture
Public Access:Unknown

Tell Zenoub (Arabic: تل ذنوب) is a local authority in the Western Beqaa District in Lebanon

History

Tell Zenoub is also an archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture that is located 4km (02miles) north northeast of Joub Jannine, Lebanon. Although later occupation was detected, numerous Heavy Neolithic flints were found in fields south of the tell.[1] [2]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Tell Zenoub as being a village in the Beqaa Valley.[3]

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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 Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. 1978. 444–446.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. 29 August 2011. 1966. Impr. Catholique.
  3. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 142