At Tiri

See Tira for other sites with similar names.
At Tiri
الطيري
Village
Map showing the location of At Tiri within Lebanon
Map showing the location of At Tiri within Lebanon
At Tiri
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°08′N 35°24′E / 33.133°N 35.400°E / 33.133; 35.400
Grid position187/282 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictBint Jbeil District
Elevation
750 m (2,460 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961
Taire
Alternative nameEt Taire, Et Taireh, At Tireh
Locationnorth of Ain Ebel, Lebanon
History
PeriodsHeavy Neolithic
CulturesQaraoun culture
Site notes
Excavation dates1908
ArchaeologistsPaul Bovier-Lapierre, Henri Fleisch, Karge
Public accessUnknown

At Tiri (Arabic: الطيري)[1] is a village located in the Caza of Bint Jbeil in the Nabatiye Governorate in Lebanon. It is also the location of two pre-historic archaeological sites.[2]

  1. ^ Meaning “The fortress”, according to Palmer 1881, p. 97
  2. ^ L. Copeland; P. Wescombe (1966). Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon, p. 53. Impr. Catholique. Retrieved 29 August 2011.

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