The ancient city of Hippos was founded in the 2^nd century BC on top of what is now known as Mt. Sussita, a hill two kilometres east of the shore of the Sea of Galilee. The city flourished in the Roman and Byzantine periods and was abandoned at the end of the Umayyad period (749 CE). The continuing excavations conducted at the site since 2000 by the Hippos Excavations Project under the auspices of the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa yielded finds from the Early–Middle Chalcolithic period, first noted in 2004. These include scarce architectural remains, pottery, lithics, as well as a figurine and a bead.

Relevant publications:
Hruby, K., Kowalewska, A., Rosenberg, D., and Eisenberg, M. in press. A Chalcolithic presence east of the Sea of Galilee: The earliest finds on Mt. Sussita. Palestine Exploration Journal.