Kfarabida in northern Lebanon, six of which have been identified as fired steatite (synthetic
enstatite) via SEM/EDX and XRD analysis. As steatite is not a material available locally in
Lebanon or the surrounding coastal Levant, these beads indicate long-distance material,
and probably technological, exchange. This analysis is the first such study undertaken for
Lebanese material, and therefore offers an important opportunity for discussion and …