Għar Dalam phase
Appearance
Maltese prehistoric chronology (Based on recalibrated radiocarbon dating) | ||
Period | Phase | Dates BC c. |
---|---|---|
Neolithic (5000–4100 BC) |
Għar Dalam | 5000–4500 BC |
Grey Skorba | 4500–4400 BC | |
Red Skorba | 4400–4100 BC | |
Temple Period (4100–2500 BC) |
Żebbuġ | 4100–3800 BC |
Mġarr | 3800–3600 BC | |
Ġgantija | 3600–3000 BC | |
Saflieni | 3300–3000 BC | |
Tarxien | 3000–2500 BC | |
Bronze Age (2500–700 BC) |
Tarxien Cemetery | 2500–1500 BC |
Borġ in-Nadur | 1500–700 BC | |
Baħrija | 900–700 BC |
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The Għar Dalam phase, from approximately 5000 to 4100 BCE,[1] is the first of the eleven phases of Maltese prehistory. It is named for Għar Dalam, a cave in the Wied id-Dalam, near Birżebbuġa, in the south-east of the island. The first traces of human habitation on the island date to this phase.[2]
Further reading
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands
- ^ Għar Dalam. Heritage Malta. Accessed February 2014.