Neve Yam — Pottery Neolithic Fish-village Atlit South
Late Pottery Neolithic Wadi Rabah (5800–5400 BCE) → Chalcolithic 4000 BCE reuse·Wadi Rabah PN late Neolithic·🇮🇱 Coastal Plain, Atlit south, beach plain below Atlit-Yam, Neve Ya m lagoon, Kurkar island reef, Israel
About
About Neve Yam — Pottery Neolithic Fish-village Atlit South
Neve Yam excavated by Galili 1990s Wadi Rabah variant. Recorded context — Period: Late Pottery Neolithic Wadi Rabah (5800–5400 BCE) → Chalcolithic 4000 BCE reuse; Culture: Wadi Rabah PN late Neolithic; Field status: excavated; Materials: kurkar, pottery, ostrich shell; Condition: submerged 3–5 m — buried silt.
Why it mattersKey Wadi Rabah PN late Neolithic submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment
- 02Function of enclosure
Theories
- 01Elite residence
- 02Seasonal gathering
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. 5800 BCE
- Period
- Late Pottery Neolithic Wadi Rabah (5800–5400 BCE) → Chalcolithic 4000 BCE reuse
- Culture
- Wadi Rabah PN late Neolithic
- Purpose
- Late Wadi Rabah submerged 1 ha fishing hamlet (3 wells 20 m from modern berm) with ostrich egg shell beads — smaller PN sibling 1 km S of Atlit-Yam
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1875
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 5800 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Neve Yam — Pottery Neolithic Fish-village Atlit South
1970 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Neve Yam — Pottery Neolithic Fish-village Atlit South
On the ground
Structures & features
32.6800° N · 34.9200° E · -3 m · 3 mapped features
- Neve Yam — Pottery Neolithic Fish-village Atlit South — Principal Harbourharbourharbour at Neve Yam — Pottery Neolithic Fish-village Atlit South — primary structure32.6793° N · 34.9209° E
- Neve Yam — Pottery Neolithic Fish-village Atlit South — Northern Wallwallwall at Neve Yam — Pottery Neolithic Fish-village Atlit South — outlier feature32.6784° N · 34.9202° E
- Neve Yam — Pottery Neolithic Fish-village Atlit South — Temple Annex 3templetemple at Neve Yam — Pottery Neolithic Fish-village Atlit South — hydraulic feature32.6801° N · 34.9217° E
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