Għar Dalam phase

e  hMaltese Prehistoric Chronology (Based on recalibrated radiocarbon dating)
Period	Phase	Dates BC c.
Neolithic (5,000-4,100 BC)	Għar Dalam	5,000-4,300 BC
	Grey Skorba	4,500-4,400 BC
	Red Skorba	4,400-4,100 BC
Temple Period (4,100–2,500 BC)	Żebbuġ	4,100–3,700 BC
	Mġarr	3,800-3,600 BC
	Ġgantija	3,600-3,200 BC
	Saflieni	3,300-3,000 BC
	Tarxien	3,150-2,500 BC
Bronze Age (2,500–700 BC)	Tarxien cemetery	2,500–1,500 BC
	Borġ in-Nadur	1,500–700 BC
	Baħrija	900–700 BC

Artifacts from Għar Dalam

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]

References

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