"A) Protected, declared, antiquity site, according to the official state publications " . . . . "32.8009"^^ . "E) Conflict and risk due to development plans and quarrying " . . "E) Covered by sand most of the year" . "34.9556"^^ . . "Kfar Samir Center assembly 106.0" . "204"^^ . "A) Most of the assemblage is currently in situ" . "-1.0"^^ . . "Very high" . "Kfar Samir north prehistoric site (northern sector). On site: round installations, large stones made of beachrocks tilted at 45 degrees, fire pits, flint tools" . "A) Sand (1-3m thick) covering clay paleosol, occasionally exposed" . "204" . "Galili, E. and Weinstein-Evron, M. 1985. Prehistory and Paleoenvironments of Submerged Sites Along the Carmel Coast of Israel. Pal\u00E9orient 11.1: 37-52.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E., Weinstein-Evron, M. and Ronen, A. 1988. Holocene Sea-Level Changes Based on Submerged Archaeological sites Off the Northern Carmel Coast in Israel. Quaternary Research 29: 36-42.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E., Kaufman, D. and Weinstein-Evron, M. 1988. 8,000 Years Under the Sea. Archaeology, 41: 66-67.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E. 1993. Prehistoric Site on the sea floor. In E. Stern ed. The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in The Holy Land, Pp. 120-122.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E. and Sharvit, J. 1994. Classification of Underwater Archaeological Sites along the Mediterranean Coast of Israel: Finds from Underwater and Coastal Archaeological research. In C. Angelova ed. Actes du Symposium International Thracia Pontica V, Sozopol, 1991 Pp. 269-296.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E. and Sharvit, J. 1995. The Destruction of Ancient Coastal Installations and the Stability of the Israeli Coast During Historical Times. In Y. Arkin & D. Avigad eds. Proceedings of the Israel Geological Society annual meeting, Zikhron Ya'aqov, March 1995, Pp. 27, 34 (Hebrew/English).\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E., Stanley, D.J., Sharvit, J. and Weinstein-Evron, M. 1997. Evidence for Earliest Olive-Oil Production in Submerged Settlements off the Carmel Coast, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science 24: 1141-1150.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E. and Sharvit, J. 1998. Ancient coastal installations and the tectonic stability of the Israeli coast in historical times. In Stewart I.S. and Vita--Finzi, C. eds. Coastal Tectonics, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 146: 147-163.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E. and Sharvit, J. 1998. Submerged Neolithic water-wells from the Carmel coast of Israel. Landschaftsverband Rheinland, Rheinisches Amt f\u00FCr Bodendenkmalpflege (Brunnen der Jungsteinzeit, Internationales Symposium Erkelenz, Oktober 1997). Cologne: Rheinland-Verlag, Bonn: Habelt. Pp. 31-44.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E., Rosen, B., Gopher, A. and Horwitz, L.K. 2002. The Emergence and Dispersion of the Eastern Mediterranean Fishing Village: Evidence from Submerged Neolithic Settlements off the Carmel Coast, Israel. Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 15.2: 167-198.\nDATAIO_NULL\nHorwitz, K.L., Galili, E., Sharvit, J. and Lernau, O. 2002. Fauna from Five Submerged Pottery Neolithic Sites off the Carmel Coast. Mitekufat Haeven, Journal of The Israel Prehistoric Society 32: 147-174.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E., Gopher, A., Rosen, B. and Horvitz, L. 2004. The emergence of the Mediterranean fishing village in the Levant and the Neolithic Anomaly of Cyprus. In E. Peltenburg and A. Wasse, eds. Neolithic Revolution, New Perspectives on Southwest Asia in Light of Recent Discoveries On Cyprus. Council for British Research in the Levant and the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, 20th-23th September 2001, Droushia Village, Cyprus.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E., Zviely, D. and Weinstein-Evron, M. 2005. Holocene sea-level changes and landscape evolution on the northern Carmel coast (Israel). Mediterran\u00E9e 1.2-2005:1-8.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E., Zviely, D., Ronen, A. and Mienis, H., 2007. Beach deposits of MIS 5e sea-level high stand as indicators for tectonic stability of the Carmel Coast, Israel. Quaternary Science Reviews 25: 2544-2557.\nDATAIO_NULL\nRonen, A., Neber, A., Mienis, H., Horwitz, L.K., Amos Frumkin5 Boenigk,. W., Galili, E. 2008. A Mousterian Occupation on an OIS 5e Shore near the Mount Carmel Caves, Israel. In: \nSulgostowska and Tomaszewski eds. Man, Millennia, Environment Pp. 197-205.\nDATAIO_NULL\nHershkovitz, I., Donoghue, H., Minnikin, D., Besra, G., Lee, O., Gernaey, A., Galili, E., Eshed, V., Greenblatt, C., Lemma, E., Kahila Bar-Gal, G., Spigelman, M. 2008. Detection and Molecular Characteristics of 9000- Year-Old Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a Neolithic Settlement in the Eastern Mediterranean. Plos One. pp 1-14. http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0003426\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E. and Rosen, B. 2011. Submerged Neolithic settlements off the Mediterranean coast of Israel, In: Benjamin, J., Bonsall, C., Pickard, C. and Fischer, A. eds. Submerged Prehistory: Pp. 272-286. Oxford: Oxbow Books.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E. and Rosen, B. 2011. Submerged Neolithic settlements off the Mediterranean Carmel coast of Israel and water mining in the Southern Levant. Neo- Lithics 2/10: 47- 52.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E., Kolska-Horwitz, L. Eshed, V., Rosen, B. and Hershkovitz, I. 2015. Submerged prehistoric settlements off the Mediterranean Coast of Israel, Skyllis, Pp. 181-204.\nDATAIO_NULL\nHershkovitz, I., Donogghue, H.D., Minnikin, D. E., May H. Lee, O. Feldman, M. Galili, E. Spigelman, M., Rothschild, B., M. and Kahila Bar-Gal, G. 2015. Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis origin: the Neolithic scenario. 95: S122-S126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ j. tube.2015.02.021.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E., Sevketoglu, M., Salamon, A., Zviely, D., Mienis, H. K., Rosen, B. and Moshkovitz, S. 2015. Late Quaternary morphology, beach deposits, sea\u2013level changes and uplift along the coast of Cyprus and its possible implications on the early colonists. In J. Harff, G. Bailey and F. L\u00FCth eds. Geology and Archaeology: Submerged Landscapes of the Continental Shelf. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 411: 179-218, doi:10.1144/SP411.13.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E. and Eshed, V. 2015. SPLASHCOS viewer on submerged Euro-Mediterranean submerged sites 2015. In Houke J. ed. http://splashcos.maris2.n for viewing the sites map choose all splashcos sites.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E. 2017. Book review: Prehistoric Archaeology on the Continental Shelf: A Global review. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 12:147\u2013149.\nDATAIO_NULL\nBenjamin, J., Rovere, A., Fontana, A, Furlani, S., Vacchi, M., Inglis R., Galili, E., Antonioli, F., Sivan, D., Miko, S., Mourtzas, N., Felja, I., Meredith-Williams, M., Goodman-Tchernov, B., Kolaiti, E., Anzidei, M. and Gehrels, R. 2017. Late Quaternary sea-level change and early human societies in the central and eastern Mediterranean Basin: an interdisciplinary review. Quaternary international 449 (25):29-57.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E., Nir, Y., Vachtman, D. and Mart, Y. 2017. Physical characteristics of the continental shelves of the East Mediterranean Basin, submerged settlements and landscapes- actual finds and potential discoveries. In N. Flemming ed.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E., Horwitz L. K. Eshed V. and Rosen B. 2017. Submerged Pottery Neolithic settlements off the coast of Israel: Subsistence, material culture and the the development of separate burial grounds. In: In: G. Bailey, J. Harff and D. Sakellariou (eds.), Under the Sea: Archaeology and Palaeolandscapes of the Continental Shelf. Heidelberg: Coastal Research Library 20, Springer International. Pp. 105-130.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E., Ronen A., Mienis H. and Kolska horwitz K. 2017. Beach deposits containing Middle Paleolithic archaeological remains from northern Israel. Quaternary International 464 (Part A): 43-57.\nDATAIO_NULL\nSkriver C., Galili E. and Fisher A. 2018. Threats to submerged prehistoric cultural heritage. In Oceans of archaeology, A. Fisher and L. Pedersen eds.: 123-133.\nDATAIO_NULL\nEhud Galili, Deborah Cvikel, Jonathan Benjamin, Dafna Langgut, John McCarthy, Mark Cavanagh, Yuval Sapir, Mina Weinstein-Evron, Silvia Chaim, Baruch Rosen and Liora Kolska Horwitz. 2018. Coastal Paleoenvironments and prehistory of the submerged Pottery Neolithic Stttlement of Kfar Samir, Israel. Paleorient 44(2): 113-132.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E., Kolska Horwitz L. and Rosen B. 2019. The Israeli model for the detection, excavation and research of submerged prehistory. TINA Maritime Archaeological Periodical, Periodical Publications of the Turkish Archaeological Foundations: Pp. 31-69.\nGalili E., Benjamin J., Eshed V., Rosen B. McCarthy J. and Kolska Horwitz L. 2020. A submerged 7000-year-old village and seawall demonstrate earliest known coastal defence against sea-level rise. PLoS ONE 14(12): e0222560. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222560\nDATAIO_NULL\nEhud Galili, Baruch Rosen, Mina Weinstein Evron, Israel Hershkovitz, Vered Eshed, and Liora Kolska HorwitzIn. 2020. Israel: Submerged Prehistoric Sites and Settlements on the Mediterranean Coastline\u2014 the Current State of the Art, in: Bailey, G. The Archaeology of Europe\u2019s Drowned Landscapes. Springer Nature: 443-481.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E., Benjamin J., and Kolska Horwitz L. 2020. A prehistoric seawall to combat Mediterranean Sea-level rise. The SceinceBreake, https://doi.org/10.25250/thescbr.brk398. published on Oct 6, 2020.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E., D. Langgut, J. F. Terral, O. Barazani, A. Dag, L. Kolska Horwitz, I. Ogloblin, B. Rosen, M. Weinstein Evron, S. Chaim, E. Kremer, S. Lev Yadun, E. Boaretto, Z. Ben Barak Zelas and A. Fishman 2021. Early production of table olives at a mid 7th millennium BP submerged site off the Carmel coast (Israel). Scientific Reports. Nature, Springer.\nGalili E., Ogloblin Ramirez I., Rosen B., and Langgut D. 2021b. Gardens or evaporation salt pans on the sea bottom south of the submerged Neolithic site of Neve Yam. Israel Prehistoric Society annual meeting Bear Shiva, abstract (Hebrew).\nDATAIO_NULL\nRosenberg, D., Galili, E., & Langgut, D. (2023). The Unseen Record: Ninth\u2013Seventh Millennia Cal. BP Wooden and Basketry Objects from Submerged Settlements off the Carmel Coast, Israel. Forests, 14(12), 2373.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E. and Kolska Horwitz L. (in press). Submerged Prehistory in Israel: A Relatively New Discipline. In, The history of prehistory eds\u2026 Strata: Journal of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E. 1985. Clay Exposures and Archaeological Finds on the Sea Bottom, between Haifa and Atlit. Unpublished MA Thesis, Dept. of Maritime Civilizations, University of Haifa (Hebrew).\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili, E. 2004. PhD. Dissertation, Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Archaeology and Near- Eastern cultures, Submerged Settlements of the Ninth -seventh mill. BP off the Carmel Coast (Hebrew).\nDATAIO_NULL\nGreenfield H., Galili E. and Horwitz L.K. 2007. The butchered animal bones from Newe \u2013Yam, A submerged Pottery Neolithic site off the Carmel Coast, Mitekufat Haeven 36: 173-200.\nDATAIO_NULL\nHorwitz L.K. Lernau O. and Galili E. 2007. Fauna from the Pottery Neolithic site of Newe- Yam Mitekufat Haeven , Journal of The Israel Prehistoric Society.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E. and Schick T. 1990. Basketry and a Wooden Bowl from the Pottery Neolithic Submerged site of Kefar Samir. Mitekufat Haeven, Journal of the Prehistoric Society, 23:142-151.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E., Horwitz L. K. Eshed V. and Rosen B. 2017. Submerged Pottery Neolithic settlements off the coast of Israel: Subsistence, material culture and the the development of separate burial grounds. In: In: G. Bailey, J. Harff and D. Sakellariou (eds.), Under the Sea: Archaeology and Palaeolandscapes of the Continental Shelf. Heidelberg: Coastal Research Library 20, Springer International. Pp. 105-130.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E., Cvikel D., Benjamin J. and McCarthy J. 2017. Submerged Pottery Neolithic well at Kfar Samir (Dado beach) Haifa. Hadashot archaeologiot.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E., Cvikel D., Benjamin J., Langgut D., McCarthy J., Cavanagh M., Sapir Y., Weinstein-Evron M., Chaim S., Rosen B. and Kolska Horwitz L. 2018. Coastal Paleoenvironments and prehistory of the submerged Pottery Neolithic Stttlement of Kfar Samir, Israel. Paleorient, 44(2): 113-132.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E. and Schick T. 1990. Basketry and a Wooden Bowl from the Pottery Neolithic Submerged site of Kefar Samir. Mitekufat Haeven, Journal of the Prehistoric Society, 23:142-151.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E., Sharvit J. and Kislev M. 1993. Kfar Samir. HA, 100:27 (Hebrew).\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E. and Sharvit J. 1994-5. Evidence of Olive Oil Production from the Submerged Site at Kfar Samir, Israel. Mitekufat Haeven, Journal of the Prehistoric Society, 26:122-133. \nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E. Rosen B. and Boaretto E. 2007. Haifa, Kafr Samir Hadashot Arkheologiyot 119.\nDATAIO_NULL\nGalili E., Cvikel D and Benjamin J. 2015. Submerged Neolithic Water Well at the Kfar Samir Site (Dado beach) Haifa \u2013 Preliminary Report. The Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa (R.I.M.S. News) report 39-40: 12." . "Submerged prehistoric settlements: A2 Seasonal camp or activity site" . "Kfar Samir Center assembly 106.0" . . "106"^^ . "B) Underwater/coastal surveys/excavations University of Haifa" . "-3.0"^^ . "Haifa" .