Tell Zeitoun also called Tell Dnaibe, is an archaeological site southwest of
Rashaya
Rashaya, Rachaya, Rashaiya, Rashayya or Rachaiya ( ar, راشيا), also known as Rashaya al-Wadi or Rachaya el-Wadi (and variations), is a town of the Rashaya District in the west of the Jnoub Government of Lebanon. It is situated at around ab ...
in Lebanon at an altitude of .
It is situated in the valley of the Upper
Hasbani
The Hasbani River ( ar, الحاصباني / ALA-LC: ''al-Ḥāṣbānī''; he, חצבני ''Ḥatzbaní'') or Snir Stream ( he, נחל שניר / ''Nahal Sənir''), is the major tributary of the Jordan River. Local natives in the mid-19th cent ...
(Wadi el-Fatir) on the right bank, north-east of the village of Dnaibe, east of the road. It was first recorded by A. Kuschke in 1954 followed by
Lorraine Copeland
Lorraine Copeland (born Elizabeth Lorraine Adie, 1921April 2013) was a British archaeologist specialising in the Palaeolithic period of the Near East. She was a secret agent with the Special Operations Executive during World War II.
Early life
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and J. King in 1966 and lastly by Jacques Besançon and
Francis Hours in 1968.
[Kuschke A., 1954, Beitraege zur Siedlungsgeschichte der Biqa' 1, ZDPV 70 : 104-129.] Besançon recovered a fragment from an
arrowhead
An arrowhead or point is the usually sharpened and hardened tip of an arrow, which contributes a majority of the projectile mass and is responsible for impacting and penetrating a target, as well as to fulfill some special purposes such as sign ...
a pick or hammer and a serrated sickle blade. These gave a very slight dating, suggesting
Ubaid occupation equivalent to early neolithic
Byblos
Byblos ( ; gr, Βύβλος), also known as Jbeil or Jubayl ( ar, جُبَيْل, Jubayl, locally ; phn, 𐤂𐤁𐤋, , probably ), is a city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is believed to have been first occupied between 8 ...
.
References
External links
Atlas des sites Prochaine-Orient 14000 et 5700 BP - MOM's online application - Atlas of Near East Archaeological Sites 14000 to 5700 BP
{{Portal, Lebanon, History, Asia
1954 archaeological discoveries
Archaeological sites in Lebanon
Great Rift Valley
Neolithic settlements
Ubaid period