Maltese prehistoric chronology (Based on recalibrated radiocarbon dating) | ||
Period | Phase | Dates BC c. |
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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 |
The Tarxien phase is one of the eleven phases of Maltese prehistory. It is named for the temple complex discovered near the village of Ħal Tarxien, and now recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.[1]
The Tarxien phase, from approximately 3150 to 2500 BCE,[citation needed] follows the Saflieni phase and is the last phase of the Temple period, during which the principal megalithic temples of Malta were built.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ World Heritage List: Megalithic Temples of Malta. UNESCO. Accessed February 2014.
- ^ A. Bonanno, T. Gouder, C. Malone and S. Stoddart (1990) Monuments in an Island Society: The Maltese Context. World Archaeology 22 (2, Monuments and the Monumental, October 1990): 190-205. (subscription required)