Mound Canal Standing Stones
Mound Canal
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE)·Neolithic·🇱🇧 Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
About
About Mound Canal Standing Stones
Mound Canal Standing Stones in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Neolithic culture. Systematically investigated through systematic survey and fieldwalking, it presents a principal enclosure with hydraulic works. Construction employs ashlar with clamp and demonstrates long-distance exchange. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Neolithic megalithic with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Cause of abandonment and collapse
- 02Ritual use and symbolic landscape
Theories
- 01Ritual landscape and ancestral veneration
- 02Defensive refuge and tribal capital
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. 5025 BCE
- Period
- Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE)
- Culture
- Neolithic
- Purpose
- Residential and craft production
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 5025 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 4225 BCE
Major expansion and monumental elaboration
c. 613 BCE
Rebuilding and fortification phase
1978
Modern archaeological excavation and survey
On the ground
Structures & features
33.4645° N · 35.1945° E · 2395 m · 4 mapped features
Shrine
structurePrimary megalithic at Mound Canal Standing Stones — rock-cut facade
33.4674° N · 35.1949° ENecropolis Extension
gatewayPrimary megalithic at Mound Canal Standing Stones — platform mound
33.4637° N · 35.1929° EGranary Cluster
alignmentBurial zone — tumuli
33.4649° N · 35.1928° EShrine 4
cairnBurial zone — shaft tombs
33.4668° N · 35.1922° E