Site details

Neve Yam Anchorage Shipwreck

PK	C6770
TITLE	Neve Yam Anchorage Shipwreck
WGS84	32.67574° N, 34.928137° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	32.67574, 34.928137
LON/LAT	34.928137, 32.67574

DMS

32° 40' 32.664" N

34° 55' 41.2932" E

W3W	sensibly, resettle, exfoliating
UTM	36 S, 680788.84, 3616983.08
EGSA87	1527030, 3668328

Elevation m	5
Elevation feet	16.4
Region	Levant

GENERAL SITE TYPE Shipwreck

TYPE

1.    Ingots.   Galili et al. [2011], 68    'The assemblage contained several one-holed stone anchors with round top ... and at least 54 plano-convex copper ingots ... '
2.    Shipwreck.   Galili et al. [2011], 68    ?

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Galili et al. [2011]: , Implied. 'Similar bun-shaped copper ingots were recovered from the Late Bronze Age shipwreck site at Ulu Burun ... '

NOTE

1. The Neve Yam assemblage may be a case of cargo from a capsized boat rather than a wreck.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Galili et al. [2011]: Galili, Ehud with Noel Gale and Baruch Rosen. ‘Bronze Age Metal Cargoes off the Israeli Coast’, Skyllis (2) pp. 64-73. January 11, 2011., 'III. Neve Yam assemblage', pg. 68. Online here.