Għar Dalam phase

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

The Għar Dalam phase, from approximately 5000 to 4100 BCE, 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.

Further reading

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