Mġarr 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

The Mġarr phase is one of the eleven phases of Maltese prehistory. It is named for the town of Mġarr, in the west of the island, where pottery older than the Ta' Ħaġrat temple complex was found.

The Mġarr phase, approximately 3800-3600 BCE,^[1] follows the Żebbuġ phase in the Temple period, and precedes the three phases, the Ġgantija, Saflieni and Tarxien phases, during which the principal megalithic temples of Malta were built.

References

1. David Trump (2002). Malta: Prehistory and Temples. Malta: Midsea Books. ISBN 9789990993936. p. 155.