Hanaton is located in the Lower Galilee. The site was excavated as a part of salvage excavations. The archaeological remains were assigned to the Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, Late Pottery Neolithic/Early Chalcolithic and Late Chalcolithic periods.

Relevant publications:
Nativ, A., Shimelmitz, R., Agha, N., Ktalav, I. and Rosenberg, D. 2014. Hanaton: Interim report on a Neolithic-Chalcolithic settlement in the Lower Galilee. Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society, 44: 117–47.‏