Għar Dalam phase

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]

e  hMaltese 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

Artifacts from Għar Dalam

Further reading

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References

1. National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands
2. Għar Dalam. Heritage Malta. Accessed February 2014.