Verified32.7108° N · 34.9351° E · -9 m
Atlit-Yam
PPNB (6900–6300 BCE)·PPNB Neolithic·🇮🇱 Haifa District, Carmel Coast, Israel
About
About Atlit-Yam
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B mega-village (6900–6300 BCE) submerged 300–400 m offshore after post-glacial sea rise, with stone wall 150 m, paved well 5.5 m deep (earliest seawall and well), megalithic circle and human burials showing TB.
Why it mattersOnly known PPNB village now submerged with intact architecture; TB in skeletons earliest known.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.6900 BCE
- Period
- PPNB (6900–6300 BCE)
- Culture
- PPNB Neolithic
- Purpose
- Farming-fishing village at former coastline
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c.6900 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1490 CE
Abandonment
Location
Where it is
32.7108° N · 34.9351° E · -9 m
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