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• Sources: Wikipedia – Ein Gev, Wikipedia – Nahal Ein Gev II, Encyclopaedia Judaica – En Gev

Ein Gev is a kibbutz on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee, founded in 1937. Occupying a strategic position between the lake and the Golan Heights, it lies within one of the richest archaeological landscapes in the southern Levant. The surrounding area preserves evidence of nearly continuous human occupation from the Epipalaeolithic through the Islamic period, reflecting more than 20,000 years of settlement along the lake's eastern shore.

Immediately north of the modern kibbutz is Nahal Ein Gev II (NEG II), one of the largest and best-preserved Natufian villages known. Excavations have uncovered substantial stone-built dwellings, burials, grinding installations, fireplaces, and abundant faunal remains, providing exceptional evidence for increasingly sedentary hunter-gatherer communities during the period immediately preceding the origins of agriculture.

The Ein Gev region remained an important centre throughout later prehistory and history. Bronze Age settlements, Iron Age occupation, Hellenistic and Roman remains, Byzantine churches, and early Islamic sites illustrate the area's continuing importance for agriculture, fishing, trade, and transportation around the Sea of Galilee. Together these archaeological remains make Ein Gev a key locality for understanding the long-term cultural, economic, and environmental history of northern Israel.

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Effect	Location	Image	Description
Collapsed Walls	Damage Location Fig. 1 Map showing the location of Khirbat Iskandar click on image to open in a new tab Richard et al. (2018)	Fig. 2 Fig. 1 Contour map of the mound showing the three excavated areas, A, B, and C click on image to open in a new tab Richard and Boraas (1998)	"" - Richard et al. (2020:599) "" - Richard et al. (2020:599) "" - Richard et al. (2020:599)

• Earthquake Archeological   
  Earthquake Archeological Effects Chart
  
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  Rodríguez-Pascua et al (2013)
  Effects from Rodríguez-Pascua et al (2013: 221-224)

Effect	Location	Image	Description	Intensity
Collapsed Walls	Damage Location Fig. 1 Map showing the location of Khirbat Iskandar click on image to open in a new tab Richard et al. (2018)	Fig. 2 Fig. 1 Contour map of the mound showing the three excavated areas, A, B, and C click on image to open in a new tab Richard and Boraas (1998)	"" - Richard et al. (2020:599) "" - Richard et al. (2020:599) "" - Richard et al. (2020:599)	+ + + + + +

The archeoseismic evidence requires a minimum Intensity of VIII (8) when using the Earthquake Archeological Effects chart of Rodríguez-Pascua et al (2013: 221-224).