Trihedral Neolithic is a name given by archaeologists to a style (or

industry Industry may refer to: Economics * Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity * Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery * The wider industrial sector ...

) of striking

spheroid A spheroid, also known as an ellipsoid of revolution or rotational ellipsoid, is a quadric surface (mathematics), surface obtained by Surface of revolution, rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes; in other words, an ellipsoid with t ...

and trihedral (i.e., composed of three planes)

flint tools Stone tools have been used throughout human history but are most closely associated with prehistory, prehistoric cultures and in particular those of the Stone Age. Stone tools may be made of either ground stone or Lithic reduction, knapped stone, ...

from the archaeological site of

Joub Jannine Joub Jannine ( / ALA-LC: ''Jub Jannīn'') is a city located in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon. Joub Jannine serves as the capital of West Beqaa and it is the center of the Western Beqaa District, hosting the Grand Serail, Serail, which is a main go ...

II in the

Beqaa Valley The Beqaa Valley (, ; Bekaa, Biqâ, Becaa) is a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon and its most important farming region. Industry, especially the country's agricultural industry, also flourishes in Beqaa. The region broadly corresponds to th ...

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

.Fleisch, Henri (1960). "Les industries lithiques récentes de la Békaa, République Libanaise". ''Acts of the 6th C.I.S.E.A.'', vol. XI, no. 1. Paris. The style appears to represent a highly specialized

Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...

industry. Little comment has been made of this industry.

References

{{reflist Archaeological cultures of West Asia Neolithic cultures of Asia Archaeological cultures in Lebanon Lithics