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material was recovered from the site and it was studied by

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. The most plentiful types were large

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s, picks, knives and scrapers. Some smaller burins were found along with

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s showing denticulation and segmentation. A few

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s were found with burnishing and red washing. Finds resembled later Neolithic material found nearby and was also suggested to have been occupied in the

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.Copeland, Lorraine, "Neolithic Village Sites in the South Beqaa Lebanon", ''Melanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph'' (Beirut Lebanon) Volume 45, (Pages 83-114), 1969.
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