Shepherd Neolithic

Shepherd Neolithic
Geographical range	Lebanon
Period	Epipaleolithic
Dates	circa 10,200 B.C.E. — circa 8,800 B.C.E.
Type site	Qaa, Maqne
Major sites	Hermel, Kamouh el Hermel, Douris, Hermel, Kamouh el Hermel, Qalaat Tannour, Rayak North, Riha Station
Preceded by	Natufian culture
Followed by	Pre-Pottery Neolithic A

Shepherd Neolithic is a name given by archaeologists to a style (or industry) of small flint tools from the Hermel plains in the north Beqaa Valley, Lebanon.^[1]

Map of Lebanon showing important sites that were occupied in the Shepherd Neolithic (clickable map)

The Shepherd Neolithic industry has been insufficiently studied and was provisionally named based on a limited typology collected by Jesuit archaeologist "Père" Henri Fleisch.^[2] Lorraine Copeland and Peter J. Wescombe suggested it was possibly "of quite late date".^[2]

^ Fleisch, Henri., Les industries lithiques récentes de la Békaa, République Libanaise, Acts of the 6th C.I.S.E.A., vol. XI, no. 1. Paris, 1960.
^ ^a ^b Lorraine Copeland; P. Wescombe (1965). Inventory of Stone-Age sites in Lebanon, p. 43. Imprimerie Catholique. Retrieved 21 July 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Ensminger
^ Weaver
^ Simmons & Ekarius
^ Krebs, Robert E. & Carolyn A. (2003). Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions & Discoveries of the Ancient World. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-31342-3.
^ L. Copeland; P. Wescombe (1966). Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon,. Impr. Catholique. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^ Fleisch, Henri., Notes de Préhistoire Libanaise : 1) Ard es Saoude. 2) La Bekaa Nord. 3) Un polissoir en plein air. BSPF, vol. 63.