Aadloun
A major excavation was undertaken in 1963 by Diana Kirkbride and Dorothy Garrod who determined a sequence stretching through the Yarbrudian, Levalloiso-Mousterian, Upper Paleolithic and on into the Heavy Neolithic.The site is owned by the Directorate General of Antiquities and a gate was fixed over the mouth of the cave for protection.Local farmers have recovered several fine Neolithic and Chalcolithic tools from this area that are held by Saint Joseph University.Amongst the finds were massive trapezoidal axes, chisels, a chopper, points, a pick, rough scrapers, blades, cores and hammerstones."[8] The Aadloun archaeological sites were amongst 34 cultural heritage properties given enhanced protection by UNESCO to safeguard them during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 2024.
LebanonGovernorateSouth GovernorateDistrictSidon DistrictTime zoneUpper PaleolithicHeavy NeolithicPaleolithicNeolithicPhoenicianGodefroy ZumoffenDorothy GarrodDiana KirkbrideDirectorate General of AntiquitiesArabicnecropolisprehistoricStone AgeMiddle PaleolithicAcheuleanMousterianAurignacianAmudianSaint Joseph UniversityBeirutMuseum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of CambridgeCambridgeAmerican University of BeirutTabun CaveChalcolithicquarryingMoroccoAadloun steleLorraine CopelandAndrew MooreVictor GuérinMuslimsCisternsashlarsUNESCOIsraeli invasion of Lebanon in 2024Shiite MuslimsHamza Ali AboudMohamed Zein TahanGuérin, V.Heavy Neolithic sitesAadloun IIAkkar plain foothillsAkbiyehAl-BirehAmlaq QatihArd SaoudaBaidar ech ChamoutBeit Mery IIBustan BirkeDakoueDekwaneh IIDouris, LebanonDouwaraFlaouiFadous SudHadeth southJdeideh IJdeideh IIJebel AabebyKamid al lawz IKefrayaKfar TebnitKhallet Michte IKhallet Michte IIKhallet el HamraMejdel Anjar IMoukhtaraMtaileb INabi ZairPlain of ZghartaQaraoun IQaraoun IIRayak NorthSareptaSidon IIITaire IITayibeTell Ain el MetenTell KhardaneTell MureibitTell ZenoubWadi KouraWadi YarounWadi al-Far'aWadi SallahArchaeological sites in LebanonAammiqAin AataAin ChoaabAin HarchaAmiounAnjar, LebanonAntelias caveAphecaArd TlailiAugusti PagusBaalbekBatroumineBatrounBechamounBeit MeryBelat templeBerytus (Roman Beirut)ByblosCanalizations of ZenobiaDahr El AhmarDeir El AachayerDeir Al-AhmarDeir Mar MarounDekwanehDouris (Baalbek)Elaea (Lebanon)HebbariyeHaret ech CheikhHashbaiHeliopolis in PhoeniciaHermel plainsJabal es SaaïdéJdeideh