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Atlit Yam

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Atlit Yam is an ancient submerged Neolithic village off the coast of Atlit, Israel. The site is dated to the final Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Atlit Yam dates between 6900 and 6300 BC. Moshe Stekelis Museum of Prehis
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Where
Off Haifa, Israel
Built by
Neolithic villagers
Era
6900-6300 BCE
Known for
A drowned village with a stone circle and wells.
How it went under
Rising seas, possibly a tsunami.
Atlit Yam is an ancient submerged Neolithic village off the coast of Atlit, Israel. The site is dated to the final Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Atlit Yam dates between 6900 and 6300 BC. Moshe Stekelis Museum of Prehis
Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0
Atlit Yam is an ancient submerged Neolithic village off the coast of Atlit, Israel. The site is dated to the final Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Atlit Yam dates between 6900 and 6300 BC. Moshe Stekelis Museum of Prehis
Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Background

Atlit Yam (Hebrew: עתלית ים) is a submerged Pre Pottery Neolithic C (PPNC) archaeological site located 300–400 meters off the coast of Atlit, Israel. Dating from the late 7th to the early 6th millennia BCE, Atlit Yam provides the earliest known evidence for a community relying on pastoralism, agriculture, and fishing as subsistence systems on the Levantine coast. As of 2004, it is the only marine archaeological site in the Mediterranean to contain in situ human burials.

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