Akkar plain foothills

Description

Several surface archaeological sites have been found in the Akkar Plain foothills between Halba and Adbe in the Akkar District of North Governorate in Lebanon.

The sites were found above the 200 metres (660 ft) on Louis Dubertret's geological map and mentioned in 1945 by J. Haller and R. Wetzel. The flint tools found were described as "Large Bifaces". The tools were originally classified as an ancient "Chelleo-Acheullean" however Lorraine Copeland suggested them reclassified as a more modern Heavy Neolithic assemblage of the Qaraoun culture in light of Henri Fleisch's research. The Heavy Neolithic axes were likely used in the first organised deforestation of Lebanon to make way for agriculture.