Editing Tel Dor (section)

==Archaeological findings==
===Purple dye production ===
As of 2001, excavations at the site have yielded an apparatus for the production of a purple dye solution, dating to the Persian and Hellenistic periods, wherein there was still a thick layer of [[quicklime]] (calcium oxide) which served, according to scholars, in helping to separate the dye from the mollusks after they had been broken and removed from their shells.<ref>{{cite book |author-last1=Spanier |author-first1=Yossi |title=Limekilns in the Land of Israel (כבשני סיד בארץ-ישראל) |author-last2=Sasson |author-first2=Avi |date=2001 |publisher=[[Land of Israel Museum]] |location=Ariel: Jerusalem |page=8 (Preface) |language=he |oclc=48108956 |author-link2=Avi Sasson}}</ref> These mollusks were primarily imported into the region from other places along the Mediterranean coast, and consisted of species [[Phorcus turbinatus]], [[Patella caerulea]], [[Stramonita haemastoma]], [[Hexaplex trunculus]], among other species.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gilboa|first1=Ayelet |last2=Sharon |first2=Ilan |last3=Zorn  |first3=Jeffrey R. |last4=Matskevich |first4=Sveta |title=Excavations at Dor, Final Report: Volume IIB Area G, The Late Bronze and Iron Ages: Pottery, Artifacts, Ecofacts and other Studies |journal=Qedem Reports |publisher=Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem|volume=11|year=2018|pages=III–340 |jstor=26493565|language=en }}</ref>

=== Neolithic tsunami ===
In 2020, archaeologists discovered evidence of a tsunami that destroyed middle [[Pre-Pottery Neolithic B]] coastal settlements in Tel Dor. The tsunami occurred at some time between 7900 - 7200 BCE. It traveled between 3.5 and 1.5&nbsp;km inland and was approximately 16 m high. Recovery in the affected areas was slow but overall, it did not significantly affect the social development of the southern Levant.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Shtienberg |first1=Gilad |last2=Yasur-Landau |first2=Assaf |last3=Norris |first3=Richard D. |last4=Lazar |first4=Michael |last5=Rittenour |first5=Tammy M. |last6=Tamberino |first6=Anthony |last7=Gadol |first7=Omir |last8=Cantu |first8=Katrina |last9=Arkin-Shalev |first9=Ehud |last10=Ward |first10=Steven N. |last11=Levy |first11=Thomas E. |date=2020 |title=A Neolithic mega-tsunami event in the eastern Mediterranean: Prehistoric settlement vulnerability along the Carmel coast, Israel |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=15 |issue=12 |pages=e0243619 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0243619 |doi-access=free |pmid=33362214 |bibcode=2020PLoSO..1543619S |pmc=7757801 }}</ref> Whilst the tsunami is not identified with the [[Biblical flood]], it is believed to contribute to the [[flood myth]]s found in numerous cultures.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kiderra |first=Inga |date=December 23, 2020 |title=Massive Tsunami Hit the Neolithic Middle East 9,000+ Years Ago |url=https://today.ucsd.edu/index_redis_default_site.php?/story/massive-tsunami-hit-the-neolithic-middle-east-9000-years-ago&/pressrelease/massive-tsunami-hit-the-neolithic-middle-east-9000-years-ago |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215044613/https://today.ucsd.edu/index_redis_default_site.php?/story/massive-tsunami-hit-the-neolithic-middle-east-9000-years-ago&/pressrelease/massive-tsunami-hit-the-neolithic-middle-east-9000-years-ago |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |website=UC San Diego Today}}</ref>