The site dates from 6900 to 6300 BC, is about 10 meters below current sea level and covers an area of 40,000 square meters.
Tectonic tilt and climate change caused the marshes along the Israeli coastal plain to dry up in the early Holocene. The reclaimed land along the retreating coast was settled by Neolithic peoples during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPNB) and then the Ceramic Neolithic, until sea level rise high submerged ancient settlements to depths of 8-12 meters below the surface.
Scientists believe that Atlit-Yam was suddenly abandoned as a result of a tsunami that hit the area, most likely caused by a volcanic eruption in the Mediterranean region.
Archaeologists are particularly interested in the discovery of two skeletons, one of a woman and one of a child, which represent the earliest known cases of tuberculosis.
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