Megalithic art in the Levantine Rift Valley: the case of the Menjez megalithic monuments in the Akkar (Northern Lebanon)

Steimer, Tara; Cousseau, Florian; Haïdar-Boustani, Maya; Porra-Kuteni, Valérie; Besse, Marie

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Megalithic art in the Levantine Rift Valley: the case of the Menjez megalithic monuments in the Akkar (Northern Lebanon)

ContributorsSteimer, Tara

; Cousseau, Florian

; Haïdar-Boustani, Maya; Porra-Kuteni, Valérie; Besse, Marie

Published inAkkadica, vol. 141, no. 1, p. 1-24

Publication date2020

Abstract

The discovery of engraved art brings to light new aspects of megalithic monuments in the Levant. During the 4th millennium BC, the inhabitants of Menjez (Akkar, Nothern Lebanon), invested significant time in inhuming their dead in megalithic monuments. The study of 12 tombs in that locality yielded 63 pictograms. This paper underlines the role played by snake iconography.

Keywords

Proche-Orient
Asie
Moyen-Orient
Liban
Préhistoire
Age du bronze
Mégalithisme
Tombe
Sépulture
Iconographie
Bronze-Ancien
Art

Affiliation

Research group

Laboratory of Prehistoric Archeology and Anthropology

Funding

Autre - British Council

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STEIMER, Tara et al. Megalithic art in the Levantine Rift Valley: the case of the Menjez megalithic monuments in the Akkar (Northern Lebanon). In: Akkadica, 2020, vol. 141, n° 1, p. 1–24.

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PID : unige:136252

ISSN of the journal0772-1331

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