Qiryat Ata is an Early Bronze Age settlement situated on the coastal plain, north-east of Mount Carmel. It has been excavated in numerous fieldwork campaigns – mainly by the Israel Antiquities Authority – which revealed the remains of a large EB IB village and EB II early urban fortified settlement.

Relevant publications:
Hruby, K. and Rosenberg, D. in press. The ground stone tool assemblage from Qiryat Ata (license no. 8101/17), Area Y, in the context of the Early Bronze Age food processing. ‘Atiqot.