Neve David

Neve David is an Epipalaeolithic archaeological site located at the foot of the western slope of the Mount Carmel hills in northern Israel.

It was thus situated at an ecotone, the boundary between two contrasting ecological zones, with the seasonally dry valleys of the Mount Carmel limestone massif to its east, and the Mediterranean coastal plain to its west.

At c. 1000 square meters, Neve David was one of the larger settlements of its time, and the thickness of its archaeological deposit layer of about 1 m (3 ft 3 in) indicates that it was occupied repeatedly over a long period.

Being an open-air site, the good preservation of its remains implies the implementation of solid structures of soil and clay.

It yielded large quantities of ground-stone implements, most made of local limestone, but some also of black basalt brought there from some distance.