Moukhtara
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| Location | 30 miles from Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Part of | Settlement |
| History | |
| Material | tools, flint, bone, ceramics |
| Periods | PPNB, Neolithic |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1963 |
| Archaeologists | J. Cauvin |
| Condition | ruins |
| Public access | Yes |
Moukhtara is a small town in the Chouf District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. It is the hometown of Walid Jumblatt, the leader of Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party.
It is also an ancient archaeological site, excavated in 1963 by J. Cauvin who found an abundance of flint tools. Examinations were conducted on 378 artifacts with finds including daggers, arrowheads, sickles, axes, chisels, picks and awls traced to the Neolithic horizon.[1]
Literature
- Cauvin, J., "The Neolithic Moukhtara (South Lebanon)," L'Anthropologie, 67, 1963, p. 489-511. (1963)
- Cauvin, J. et Cauvin, M.-C., Des ateliers campigniens au Liban, in Mélanges R. Vaufrey, La préhistoire, problèmes et tendances. Paris, Éditions du CNRS, p. 103-116. (1968)
