e  hMaltese prehistoric chronology
(Based on recalibrated radiocarbon dating)
Period Phase Dates BC c.
Neolithic
(5000–4100 BC)		 Għar Dalam 5000–4500 BC
Grey Skorba 4500–4400 BC
Red Skorba 4400–4100 BC
Temple Period
(4100–2500 BC)		 Żebbuġ 4100–3800 BC
Mġarr 3800–3600 BC
Ġgantija 3600–3000 BC
Saflieni 3300–3000 BC
Tarxien 3000–2500 BC
Bronze Age
(2500–700 BC)		 Tarxien Cemetery 2500–1500 BC
Borġ in-Nadur 1500–700 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.


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