Grey Petroglyph Field
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE)·Late Bronze Age·🇱🇧 Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
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About
About Grey Petroglyph Field
Grey Petroglyph Field in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) rock art attributed to Late Bronze Age culture. Systematically investigated through magnetometry and fieldwalking, it presents a principal enclosure with ancillary settlement. Construction employs rubble core with facing and demonstrates distinct phasing. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Late Bronze Age rock-art with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment and orientation
- 02Population scale vs catchment
Theories
- 01Trading entrepôt and regional hub
- 02Astronomical observatory and calendar
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1120 BCE
- Period
- Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE)
- Culture
- Late Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Agricultural and hydraulic
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1120 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 829 BCE
Architectural refurbishment
c. 303 CE
Reoccupation and adaptation
1895
Rediscovery and systematic excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
Gallery