Atlit Yam
Submerged stone structure | |
Location off the coast of Haifa District, Israel | |
| Location | Off the coast of Atlit, Israel |
|---|---|
| Region | Eastern Mediterranean Sea |
| Coordinates | 32°42′38.98″N 34°56′6.54″E / 32.7108278°N 34.9351500°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| Area | 6 hectares (15 acres) |
| History | |
| Founded | 6900 BCE |
| Abandoned | 6300 BCE |
| Periods | Pre-Pottery Neolithic B |
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.