More on Atlit-Yam Neolithic Village (Score: 1)
by Andy B ([email protected]) on Wednesday, 06 December 2006
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A ritual installation of megaliths was found at the Atlit-Yam site. It consists of seven stones (1-2.1 m long), six of which are still standing upright, forming a circle (diameter ca. 2.5 m) open to the northwest. The bases of the standing stones are covered with gray travertine attesting to the presence of fresh water in the past. Close to the standing stones to the west, a few flat stone slabs (0.7-1.2 m long) were found lying horizontally. On some of them were hewn shallow cup-marks. It is suggested that these features formed part of a ritual structure, perhaps associated with a fresh-water spring that may have existed at the site. Another installation consists of three oval stones (1.6-1.8 m), two of which are circumscribed by grooves forming schematic anthropomorphic figures.
Source:
http://www.antiquities.org.il/article_Item_eng.asp?sec_id=14&subj_id=139
also
http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/Atlit_Yam.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlit_Yam
I'm looking for a long/lat to put it in our main database...
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