The Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) is an archaeological survey that explores a
significant inland area of the northern Lebanese coast. The project focuses on the plain
of Koura and its main city Amioun, seeking to understand the region’s settlement pattern
from the earliest periods of occupation (Palaeolithic/Neolithic) until the Medieval/Islamic
era. In particular, NoLeP will concentrate its efforts on investigating the Bronze Age and
Iron Age occupation. This will provide a different perspective on the formation of the great
Canaanite urban centres and their subsequent flourishing during the first millennium as
Phoenician cities. As a second but equally important target, NoLeP will try to gain a better
comprehension of the relationship between coastal and inland areas.
