Tell Neba'a Litani | |
Alternate Name: | Neba'a Litani |
Map Alt: | 1002m (3,287feet) |
Location: | 9km (06miles) west of Baalbek |
Region: | Bekaa Valley |
Type: | Tell |
Epochs: | PPNB |
Cultures: | Neolithic |
Excavations: | 1965-1966 |
Archaeologists: | Lorraine Copeland, Peter Wescombe |
Condition: | Ruins |
Public Access: | Yes |
Tell Neba'a Litani or Neba'a Litani is a medium size tell 9km (06miles) west of Baalbek in the northern Beqaa Valley of Lebanon.[1] I It is located near the spring which is the main source of the Litani River at a height of 1002m (3,287feet). It was first studied by Lorraine Copeland and Peter Wescombe in 1965-1966 and is accessible via a road which turns from Hoch Barada to the left.[2] Materials recovered included flint tools such as scrapers and the blade from a segmented sickle. Pottery included burnished, painted and red-washed shards, some with incised decoration or lattice patterns. The material resembled finds from Byblos and Ard Tlaili leading Copeland and Wescombe to suggest a late Neolithic occupation for the tell that extended into the Bronze Age.[3]