Type Rock Shelter Cultures Neolithic Condition Ruins | Periods PPNB Excavation dates 1965-1966, 1970 Region Beqaa Valley | |
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Location 26 km (16 mi) North-east of Baalbek Archaeologists Lorraine Copeland, Peter Wescombe |
Ras Baalbek I (Arabic: ورأس بعلبك) is a rock shelter 500 m (1,600 ft) east of Ras Baalbek in the northern Beqaa Valley in Lebanon. It sits north of the Wadi Teniyet er-Râs valley at a height of 1,000 m (3,300 ft). It was first discovered by Lorraine Copeland and Peter Wescombe in 1965-1966. It was later excavated by Jacques Besançon in 1970. Retouched blades along with a pressure-flaked arrowhead and a burin were found dated to the Neolithic period.
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