Evidence for Earliest Olive-Oil Production in Submerged Settlements off the Carmel Coast, Israel |
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Authors: | Ehud Galili Daniel Jean Stanley Jacob Sharvit Mina Weinstein-Evron |
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Affiliation: | aMarine Archaeology Branch, Israel Antiquities Authority, P.O. Box 180, Atlit, 30350, Israel;bDeltas-Global Change Program, Paleobiology, E-206 NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 20560, U.S.A.;cThe Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa, 31905, Israel |
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Abstract: | Thousands of crushed olive stones with olive pulp are concentrated in pits at the Kfar Samir prehistoric settlement off the Carmel coast south of Haifa. Observations at this site, and at other Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic offshore settlements in this region, record an olive-oil technology that began along the Carmel coastal plain as early as 6500 years ago. This is about 500 years earlier than previously held. These new finds help define the technology of olive-oil production and refine the chronological definition of cultural units along the southern Levant coast during the 7th millenniumbp, a time of major transition between the end of the Neolithic and beginning of the Chalcolithic. |
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Keywords: | CARMEL COAST ISRAEL SUBMERGED SETTLEMENTS LATE NEOLITHIC OLIVE-OIL EXTRACTION |
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