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'''Jebal Saaidé''' ({{lang-ar|جبل سعيدة}}) (or Saaidé I & Saaidé II) is a village and archaeological site 8 miles (12km) North East of Baalbek. |
'''Jebal Saaidé''' ({{lang-ar|جبل سعيدة}}) (or Saaidé I & Saaidé II) is a village and archaeological site 8 miles (12km) North East of Baalbek. |
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In the summer of 1966, the [[Lebanese Army]] dug a trench at Saaidé I, and recovered a large number of tools and lithics including sickles, grinders, scrapers, chisels, awls and blades suggested to date to the [[PPNB]]. J. Besançon & F. Hours later discovered a [[Palaeolithic]] layer below the [[Neolithic]] level, recovering [[knives]], [[arrowheads]], scrapers and retouched blades along eith a fragment of a small, flat, cutting [[axe]].<ref> |
In the summer of 1966, the [[Lebanese Army]] dug a trench at Saaidé I, and recovered a large number of tools and lithics including sickles, grinders, scrapers, chisels, awls and blades suggested to date to the [[PPNB]]. J. Besançon & F. Hours later discovered a [[Palaeolithic]] layer below the [[Neolithic]] level, recovering [[knives]], [[arrowheads]], scrapers and retouched blades along eith a fragment of a small, flat, cutting [[axe]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Haidar-Boustani|first=Maya|date=2001-2002|title=Le Néolithique du Liban dans le contexte proche-oriental: Etat des connaissances|journal=Annales d'histoire et d'archéologie|publisher=[[Université Saint-Joseph]]|volume=12-13|issn=1729-6927|url=http://www.usj.edu.lb/mpl/pdf/1.pdf}}</ref> |
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Saaidé II was first excavated in 1969 by Bruce Schroeder from the [[University of Toronto]] who found the site badly damaged by modern agriculture. Investigations have recovered a wide range of [[mortars]] and pestles, scrapers, [[chisels]], borers, retouched [[microliths]], geometric and non-geometric microliths. One grave was found with some tiny skull fragments from an adult aged 45-50 years. Local fauna consisted of turtles, birds ([[duck]], [[goose]], [[eagle]]) and mammals ([[badger]], [[lynx]], [[deer]], [[ox]], [[gazelle]], [[sheep]] and [[goat]]). Jebal Saaidé is the only pre-agricultural village found in [[Lebanon]] to date.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vFNtAAAAMAAJ&q=Jebal+Saaid%C3%A9&dq=Jebal+Saaid%C3%A9&hl=en&ei=f1hkTZWANtSxhQfqluS_DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAg|title=Berytus: archeological studies, Volumes 17-19|publisher=The [[American University of Beirut]]|year=1968}}</ref> |
Saaidé II was first excavated in 1969 by Bruce Schroeder from the [[University of Toronto]] who found the site badly damaged by modern agriculture. Investigations have recovered a wide range of [[mortars]] and pestles, scrapers, [[chisels]], borers, retouched [[microliths]], geometric and non-geometric microliths. One grave was found with some tiny skull fragments from an adult aged 45-50 years. Local fauna consisted of turtles, birds ([[duck]], [[goose]], [[eagle]]) and mammals ([[badger]], [[lynx]], [[deer]], [[ox]], [[gazelle]], [[sheep]] and [[goat]]). Jebal Saaidé is the only pre-agricultural village found in [[Lebanon]] to date.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vFNtAAAAMAAJ&q=Jebal+Saaid%C3%A9&dq=Jebal+Saaid%C3%A9&hl=en&ei=f1hkTZWANtSxhQfqluS_DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAg|title=Berytus: archeological studies, Volumes 17-19|publisher=The [[American University of Beirut]]|year=1968}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:39, 23 February 2011
جبل سعيدة | |
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| Location | 8 miles from Baalbek, Lebanon |
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| Region | Bekaa |
| Coordinates | 34° 09', 36° 13' |
| Part of | Village |
| History | |
| Founded | c. 10000 BC |
| Periods | Epipaleolithic, Natufian, PPNB |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1966, 1969 |
| Archaeologists | Bruce Schroeder, J. Besançon, F. Hours |
| Condition | ruins |
| Public access | Yes |
Jebal Saaidé (Template:Lang-ar) (or Saaidé I & Saaidé II) is a village and archaeological site 8 miles (12km) North East of Baalbek.
In the summer of 1966, the Lebanese Army dug a trench at Saaidé I, and recovered a large number of tools and lithics including sickles, grinders, scrapers, chisels, awls and blades suggested to date to the PPNB. J. Besançon & F. Hours later discovered a Palaeolithic layer below the Neolithic level, recovering knives, arrowheads, scrapers and retouched blades along eith a fragment of a small, flat, cutting axe.[1]
Saaidé II was first excavated in 1969 by Bruce Schroeder from the University of Toronto who found the site badly damaged by modern agriculture. Investigations have recovered a wide range of mortars and pestles, scrapers, chisels, borers, retouched microliths, geometric and non-geometric microliths. One grave was found with some tiny skull fragments from an adult aged 45-50 years. Local fauna consisted of turtles, birds (duck, goose, eagle) and mammals (badger, lynx, deer, ox, gazelle, sheep and goat). Jebal Saaidé is the only pre-agricultural village found in Lebanon to date.[2]
Literature
- Besançon, J. Hours, F,. Une coupe dans le quaternaire récent. Saaidé I (Beqaa centrale, Liban), Hannon, 5, 29-61, 1970.
- Hours, F,. L'épipaléolithique au Liban. Resultats acquis en 1975, Colloque III, UISPP 1976, 9ème Congrès de l'UISPP, Nice, 130-196, 1976.
- Schroeder, H.B., Natufian in the Central Béqaa Valley, Lebanon, Bar-Yosef and Valla (eds.) 1991, The Natufian Culture in the Levant, 43-80, International Monographs in Prehistory, 1991.
- Copeland, L., Natufian Sites in Lebanon, Bar-Yosef and Valla (eds.) 1991, The Natufian Culture in the Levant, 27-42,International Monographs in Prehistory, 1991
- Ofer Bar-Yosef, François Raymond Valla,. The Natufian culture in the Levant, International Monographs in Prehistory, 1991.
- Soliveres, O., « Restes humains natoufiens du Jebal Saaidé (Epipaléolithique du Liban) », Paléorient, 3, p. 293-294, 1975-1976-1977.
- Churcher, P., « The vertebrate fauna from the Natufian level at Jebel es-Saaïde (Saaïde II), Lebanon », Paléorient, 20/2, p. 35-58, 1994,
Footnotes
- ^ Haidar-Boustani, Maya (2001–2002). "Le Néolithique du Liban dans le contexte proche-oriental: Etat des connaissances" (PDF). Annales d'histoire et d'archéologie. 12–13. Université Saint-Joseph. ISSN 1729-6927.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ Berytus: archeological studies, Volumes 17-19. The American University of Beirut. 1968.
