Taire

Taire
Alternate name Et Taire, Et Taireh
Location north of Ain Ebel, Lebanon
History
Periods Heavy Neolithic
Cultures Qaraoun culture
Site notes
Excavation dates 1908
Archaeologists Paul Bovier-Lapierre, Henri Fleisch, Karge
Public access Unknown
Taire
City
Map showing the location of Ain Ebel within Lebanon
Taire

Location within Lebanon

Coordinates: 33°8′20″N 35°24′24″E / 33.13889°N 35.40667°E / 33.13889; 35.40667Coordinates: 33°8′20″N 35°24′24″E / 33.13889°N 35.40667°E / 33.13889; 35.40667
Country  Lebanon
Governorate Nabatieh Governorate
District Bint Jbeil District
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Dialing code +961

Taire or Taireh or Et Taireh is a village located in the Caza of Bint Jbeil in the Nabatiye Governorate in Lebanon. It is also the location of two pre-historic archaeological sites.[1]

Taire I (referred to as Et Taireh I) is located 3.5 km north of Ain Ebel to the west of the village. The exact location of the site is unknown and the assemblage found was small and of indeterminable date. It was only mentioned in passing by Paul Bovier-Lapierre in 1908 and Karge in 1918.[2][3]

Taire II (referred to as Et Taireh II and Bassatine el Khawabi) is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture. It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northeast of the village on a small track leading to Kounine that crosses the road between Bent Jbeil and Tibnine. A collection was made south of the track at 690 m above sea level by Jesuit archaeologist Henri Fleisch, who did not publish it but confirmed that the Qaraoun culture was present this far south via personal communication to Lorraine Copeland. The collection is held by the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory at the Saint Joseph University.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 L. Copeland; P. Wescombe (1966). Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon, p. 53. Impr. Catholique. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Bovier-Lapierre, Paul. R., Stations préhistoriques du Belel Becharra (Hte Galilée). La Géographie, vol. 17, p. 77
  3. ↑ Karge, P., Rephaim : Die Vorgeschichtliche Kultur Palästinas und Phöniziens, Paderborn (First Edition), 1917-1918.
  4. ↑ Moore, A.M.T. (1978). The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. pp. 444–446.
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