Le Kébarien au Liban : réflexions à partir des fouilles de Jiita en 1972

Abstract

The rock shelter of Jiita (Lebanon) is located in a situation very similar to the nearby site of Ksar Akil, a fact which gives us the opportunity to make interesting comparisons. The upper part of the deposit contains the remains of an ancient phase of the Kebaran. A careful method of digging has allowed us to distinguish several fades, different from each other by the relative proportions of the different kinds of backed bladelets. J. Tixier already noticed the same at Ksar Akil, but the assemblages are not exactly identical there. Leaving apart the later industries characterized by numerous geometric microliths, like the trapeze-rectangles, it seems that, at least in the Lebanon, the early Kebaran is more complex than previously thought. It remains to be seen if this phenomenon exists also in Palestine.