Abstract
Sedentary occupation of the southern Levantine coast spans from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic C to the Early Bronze Age Ib phase (c. 7000–3100 BC). Sites dating to the Early Pottery Neolithic (c. 6400–5500 BC) are scarce, however, potentially reflecting the effects of the 8.2ka climatic event. Here, the authors present the investigations at the submerged site of Habonim North off the Carmel Coast. Typological and radiocarbon dating indicate an Early Pottery Neolithic occupation and evidence for continuity of subsistence and economic strategies with both earlier and later Neolithic cultures. The results indicate the resilience of coastal communities in the face of significant climatic uncertainty and contribute to understanding human responses to environmental change.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 343-362 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Antiquity |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue number | 398 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 4 Apr 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s), 2024.
Funding
This research was funded by the Koret Foundation (Grant no. 19-0295), aiming to support research collaborations focusing on marine archaeology between UC San Diego's Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology (SCMA) and the University of Haifa's Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies (RIMS). Roey Nickelsberg is supported by a Haifa Center for Mediterranean History PhD Scholarship, the Nathan Rotenstreich Scholarship for outstanding PhD students in the humanities and the Sir Maurice and Lady Irene Hatter Research Grant from RIMS. Further funding was afforded by the Israel Science Foundation (Grant no. 697/20) granted to Ruth Shahack-Gross.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Haifa Center for Mediterranean History | |
| Koret Foundation | 19-0295 |
| University of California, San Diego | |
| Israel Science Foundation | 697/20 |
| University of Haifa |
Keywords
- Israel
- Neolithic
- climate change
- resilience
- sea-level rise
- subsistence
