Tell Ain Saouda

{{Infobox ancient site

|name = Tell Ain Saouda

|native_name =

|alternate_name =

|image =

|alt =

|caption =

|map_type = Lebanon

|map_alt =

|map_size =

|location ={{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of Tell Neba'a Litani, Lebanon

|region = Bekaa

|coordinates = {{coord|33.998333|36.100833|display=inline}}

|type =

|part_of = Village

|length =

|width =

|area =

|height =

|builder =

|material =

|built =

|abandoned =

|epochs = PPNB, Neolithic, Bronze Age Roman

|cultures =

|dependency_of =

|occupants =

|event =

|excavations =

|archaeologists =

|condition = Unknown

|ownership =

|management =

|public_access = Unknown

|website =

|notes =

}}

Tell Ain Saouda is a small Neolithic, archaeological tell, approximately {{convert|2|km|mi}} south of Tell Neba'a Litani, Lebanon.{{cite book|author=Francis Hours|title=Atlas des sites du proche orient (14000-5700 BP)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KlZtAAAAMAAJ|access-date=24 March 2011|year=1994|publisher=Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen|isbn=978-2-903264-53-6}}{{cite book|last=Moore|first=A.M.T.|title=The Neolithic of the Levant|publisher=Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis|year=1978|pages=435–436|url=http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/181.html}}

It is a grey soiled site next to two springs and the Litani River. Materials recovered include flints such as tanged arrowheads, sickle blades, scrapers, and an axe. Pottery included flat bottomed jars, globe shaped jars and bowls. These were burnished, painted and red-washed with some incised decorations. These finds were similar to those from Tell Ain Nfaikh and other Beqaa Valley sites with a later neolithic dating and settlements extending into the Bronze Age and classical periods.

Footnotes

{{Reflist}}

{{Archaeological sites in Lebanon}}

{{Portal|Lebanon|History|Asia}}

Category:Neolithic settlements

Category:Archaeological sites in Lebanon

Category:Great Rift Valley

{{Lebanon-geo-stub}}

{{NEast-archaeology-stub}}