The Mġarr phase is one of the eleven phases of Maltese prehistory. It is named for the town of

Mġarr Mġarr ( mt, L-Imġarr), formerly known as ''Mgiarro'', is a village in the Northern Region of Malta. Mġarr is a typical rural village situated in an isolated region, west of Mosta. It is surrounded with rich farmland and vineyards. Many of it ...

, in the west of the island, where pottery older than the

Ta' Ħaġrat temple Taw, tav, or taf is the twenty-second and last letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Tāw , Hebrew Tav , Aramaic Taw , Syriac Taw ܬ, and Arabic ت Tāʼ (22nd in abjadi order, 3rd in modern order). In Arabic, it is also gives ...

complex was found. The Mġarr phase, approximately 3800-3600 BCE, follows the

Żebbuġ phase Żebbuġ ( mt, Ħaż-Żebbuġ) , also known by its title Città Rohan, is a city in the Northern Region of Malta. It is one of the oldest towns in the country, and its population is 11,074 as of June 2021. History and origins The parish Churc ...

in the Temple period, and precedes the three phases, the

Ġgantija Ġgantija (, "Giantess") is a megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic on the Mediterranean island of Gozo. The Ġgantija temples are the earliest of the Megalithic Temples of Malta and are older than the pyramids of Egypt. Their makers e ...

, Saflieni and Tarxien phases, during which the principal

megalithic temples of Malta The Megalithic Temples of Malta ( mt, It-Tempji Megalitiċi ta' Malta) are several prehistoric temples, some of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, built during three distinct periods approximately between 3600 BC and 2500 BC on the island coun ...

were built.

References

Neolithic cultures of Europe Pre-Indo-Europeans Megalithic Temples of Malta Maltese prehistory Archaeological cultures of Southern Europe Archaeological cultures in Malta {{Malta-stub