Haret ech Cheikh
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Haret ech Cheikh is a municipality
in the Matn District
in the Mount Lebanon Governorate
near Bouchriyeh.
and Jdeideh
about 50 metres (164 ft) above sea level on the top of a wooded hill. It was discovered by Paul Bovier-Lapierre
and Raoul Describes who suggested it may be a high place
. The hilltop has several outcrops of sandstone slabs suggested to be megalithic building foundation or enclosure. The suggested foundations have big stones at the corners that may were not securely determined to be prehistoric. Materials collected from the site were Neolithic
or Chalcolithic in form and was possibly mixed with that of the adjacent site of Ain Cheikh. Lorraine Copeland
and Peter Wescombe collected some fresh, unpatinated flint tools from a position west of the hilltop enclosure where a large amount of factory waste was also found. All material is in the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory
, marked with the label "Ain Cheikh". An grandiose villa dominates land covering part of the hill.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Matn District
Matn District
Matn , sometimes spelled Metn, is a district in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut...
in the Mount Lebanon Governorate
Mount Lebanon Governorate
Mount Lebanon is one of the Governorates of Lebanon. Its capital is Baabda. The overwhelming majority of its population is Maronites, Greek Orthodox, and Melkite Greek Catholic Christians...
near Bouchriyeh.
Archaeology
The archaeological site at Haret Ech Cheikh is east of the road between DekwanehDekwaneh
Dekwaneh is a suburb north of Beirut in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. The population is predominantly Marionite Christian...
and Jdeideh
Jdeideh
Jdeideh , , is a coastal municipality and the administrative capital of the Matn District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate....
about 50 metres (164 ft) above sea level on the top of a wooded hill. It was discovered by Paul Bovier-Lapierre
Paul Bovier-Lapierre
Reverend Father Paul Bovier-Lapierre, born 1873 in France and died in 1950 was a French Jesuit archaeologist notable for his work on prehistory in Egypt and surveys in southern Lebanon.-External links:*...
and Raoul Describes who suggested it may be a high place
High place
High Place, in the English version of the Old Testament, the literal translation of the Hebrew במה .This rendering is etymologically correct, as appears from the poetical use of the plural in such expressions as to ride, or stalk, or stand on the high places of the earth, the sea, the clouds, and...
. The hilltop has several outcrops of sandstone slabs suggested to be megalithic building foundation or enclosure. The suggested foundations have big stones at the corners that may were not securely determined to be prehistoric. Materials collected from the site were Neolithic
Neolithic
The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...
or Chalcolithic in form and was possibly mixed with that of the adjacent site of Ain Cheikh. Lorraine Copeland
Lorraine Copeland
Lorraine Copeland is an archaeologist specialising in the Palaeolithic period of the Near East. Her husband was Miles Axe Copeland Jr, and they had four children, all of whom have gone on to have notable careers: Miles Copeland III, Ian, Lorraine and Stewart Copeland.Lorraine Copeland was born in...
and Peter Wescombe collected some fresh, unpatinated flint tools from a position west of the hilltop enclosure where a large amount of factory waste was also found. All material is in the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory
Museum of Lebanese Prehistory
The Museum of Lebanese Prehistory is a museum of prehistory and archaeology in Beirut, Lebanon.-History:...
, marked with the label "Ain Cheikh". An grandiose villa dominates land covering part of the hill.