Three archaeological sites were found in the Jdeideh area by
Jesuit fathers. Two of these featured finds of
Heavy Neolithic flints of the
Qaraoun culture.
Jdeideh I is northeast of the town on the left bank of the Nahr Mout, in fields on a contour. It was discovered by
Raoul Describes who retrieved knapped tools from several periods including
Acheulean,
Middle Paleolithic,
Upper Paleolithic and
Heavy Neolithic. This material is in the
Saint Joseph University,
Museum of Lebanese Prehistory.
Jdeideh II is northeast of Tuillerie Medawer (east of
Haret ech Cheikh) on low foothills to the left of a descending stream running next to the Aamariyeh road. An Upper Paleolithic assemblage in brown
Cretaceous flint was found by
Auguste Bergy including a variety of scrapers including a specialist variety also found at
Ain Cheikh that were termed
Grattoirs de côté.
Jdeideh III is on a wooded hilltop north northwest of Aamariyeh on the southwest slopes that was also found by Bergy. He recovered a
Qaraoun culture type,
Gigantolithic assemblage of massive choppers, scrapers on flakes and coarse picks. ==Demographics==