Preserving the landscape of anfeh, a maritime heritage site in north Lebanon

Abstract

This paper considers the maritime cultural landscape of Anfeh, until recently an understudied coastal site in North Lebanon. It seeks an appreciation of Anfehs maritime heritage, past and present. It describes how an important site that played a role in the economy of the northern Levant from the Early Bronze Age to the Ottoman period is being researched, surveyed, and excavated; and more importantly how it is being protected and conserved against all odds.