Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Southern Extension

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 — Southern Extension main structure

2. c. 862 CE

   Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Southern Extension

3. 1978–2019

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

• Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Southern Extension — Main Submerged-City Feature

  temple

  Primary temple at Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Southern Extension — enclosure wall with stratified deposits

  32.6884° N · 34.9251° E

• Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Southern Extension — Secondary Enclosure

  chamber

  Ancillary chamber at Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Southern Extension — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits

  32.6877° N · 34.9258° E

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

  cairn

  Outlier cairn panel linked to Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Southern Extension ceremonial landscape

  32.6882° N · 34.9243° E