Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Eastern Outlier

Why it mattersKey submerged-city for Haifa District, Atlit, illustrating PPN Culture construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.

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Built

c. 6300 BCE

Period

Pre-Pottery Neolithic C (7000-6000 BCE)

Culture

PPN Culture

Purpose

Submerged settlement with preserved structures

Excavation

Partially excavated

1. c. 6300 BCE

   Initial construction of Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Eastern Outlier main structure

2. c. 945 BCE

   Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Eastern Outlier

3. 19th–20th century

   Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection

• Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Eastern Outlier — Main Submerged-City Feature

  chamber

  Primary chamber at Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Eastern Outlier — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits

  32.7014° N · 34.9403° E

• Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Eastern Outlier — Secondary Enclosure

  cairn

  Ancillary cairn at Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Eastern Outlier — burial gallery with stratified deposits

  32.7027° N · 34.9405° E

• Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art Panel

  plaza

  Outlier plaza panel linked to Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape

  32.7029° N · 34.9408° E

• Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Eastern Outlier — Hydraulic/Cistern Annex

  reservoir

  Hydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Eastern Outlier with plastered basin

  32.7034° N · 34.9395° E