All of this is confusing. First the sea level was allegedly 500 feet lower 6000+ years ago. So how did this port stay at sea level?
The “H” Channel had a program on the other day to trace the Garden Of Eden. Who knows if the alleged site is actual, but the data are contradictory to this matter as well. The “H” found the four possible Biblical rivers near the Persian Gulf and postulated that there was a major flooding 6000 years ago - at least that ties into some of the 6000 year old occurrences in this article.
The sealevel rose before 6000 years ago, but there appear to be other parts of the settlement which are submerged right now.
It has been suggested that Catal Huyuk in modern day Turkey, which was abandoned over 7000 years ago after about 3000 years of occupation, was founded by members of a culture which used to live on what is now the continental shelf.