Baaz Rockshelter is a prehistoric archaeological site in Syria. Located in the foothills of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains about northeast of Damascus, the site consists of a small () rock shelter overlooking the nearby plains and springs.

Excavations have revealed that it was intermittently occupied during the Upper Palaeolithic ( 34,000 to 32,000 years ago and 23,000 to 21,000 years ago), Late Epipalaeolithic ( 11,200 to 10,200 years ago), and Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic.

The site was discovered in 1999 and excavated by a team from the University of Tübingen between 1999 and 2004.

Further reading

"The 1999 Excavation at Baaz Rockshelter," Tubingen-Damascus Excavation and Survey Project, Conrad, Kandel, Dyab, 2006 "The 2000 Excavation at Baaz Rockshelter," Tubingen-Damascus Excavation and Survey Project, Conrad, Kandel, Dyab, 2006 "The 2004 Excavation at Baaz Rockshelter," Tubingen-Damascus Excavation and Survey Project, Conrad, Kandel, Dyab, 2006

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