Yavne-Yam Submerged Bronze Age Anchorage
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE)·Bronze Age–Classical·🇮🇱 Central, Yavne-Yam, Israel
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About Yavne-Yam Submerged Bronze Age Anchorage
Yavne-Yam Submerged Bronze Age Anchorage in Central, Yavne-Yam, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal submerged area 450 × 280 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 31.9280N 34.6730E controls access to Central resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey submerged city for Central, Yavne-Yam, illustrating Bronze Age–Classical construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
Theories
- 01Harbour drowned by co-seismic subsidence vs eustatic rise
- 02Continuity of anchorage location
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1500 BCE–200 CE
- Period
- Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age–Classical
- Purpose
- Coastal settlement and harbour now submerged by sea-level change/subsidence
- Rediscovered
- 1969 survey
- Excavation
- Submerged
c. 1500 BCE–200 CE
Initial construction of Yavne-Yam Submerged Bronze Age Anchorage main structure
c. 1909
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1969–2014
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Yavne-Yam Submerged Bronze Age Anchorage) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
31.9280° N · 34.6730° E · -11 m · 3 mapped features
Yavne-Yam Submerged Bronze Age Anchorage — Main Structure
structurePrincipal submerged city — Submerged area 450 × 280 m with diagnostic masonry/panel
31.9288° N · 34.6739° EYavne-Yam Submerged Bronze Age Anchorage — Ancillary Complex
harbourAncillary harbour mole and anchorage surrounding main feature
31.9270° N · 34.6723° EYavne-Yam Submerged Bronze Age Anchorage — Peripheral Feature
outlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial
31.9295° N · 34.6742° E