New Data on the Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic of the Homs Gap: Three Campaigns of Archaeological Survey (2004-2006)

Three campaigns of archaeological survey (2004, 2005,and 2006) carried out by a Syrian-Lebanese-Spanish Mission working to the west of Homs have resulted in the discovery of 162 archaeological sites. In this paper we deal with the Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic sites, relating the discoveries to the current state of our knowledge on the beginning and development of the Neolithic in this area of the northern Levant.