A palaeogeographic reconstruction of the seafront of the ancient city of Delos in relation to Upper Holocene sea level changes in the central Cyclades

Mourtzas, Nikos

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.05.017

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“…This gradual sea level rise of ca. 1 mm/yr for the area is not consistent with the magnitude of submersion over the last 2000 years, the morphology of the stepped shorelines in front of the Roman fish tanks and the development in distinct phases of the extended beachrocks that require long periods of sea level stability and abrupt sea level changes between different phases (Pirazzoli, 1986;Furlani et al, 2010;Mourtzas, 1990 and2012a). Moreover the prediction of the glacio-hydro-isostatic change of sea level in an intensively active tectonic area, such as central and eastern part of Crete, is overestimated 0.26 m at least, proving, as also Pirazzoli (2005) supports, that the rapid isostatic rates of glacio-isostatic models for active tectonic regions of central and eastern Mediterranean, are unrealistic.…”

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Fish tanks of eastern Crete (Greece) as indicators of the Roman sea level

Mourtzas¹

2012

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…In the area of the Cyclades, the coasts of Delos have submerged by a total of 2.15 m since the end of the Hellenistic period. This lowering occurred during two distinct successive phases of submersion, initially by 1.35 m and then by another 0.80 m (Mourtzas, 2012a).…”

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Fish tanks of eastern Crete (Greece) as indicators of the Roman sea level

Mourtzas¹

2012

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…Important aspects of these studies include geomorphological consequences and human implications. Most of the relevant research has been conducted in western Crete [31][32][33], in Rhodes [34], and in the Cyclades at Delos-Mykonos-Rhenea [35,36], Keos [37], Andros [38] and at Paros [39].…”

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Geoarchaeology: Where Geosciences Meet the Humanities to Reconstruct Past Human–Environment Interactions. An Application to the Coastal Areas of the Largest Mediterranean Islands

Ghilardi

2021

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The study of past Human–Environment interactions has long been seen at a very local scale, that of sites of human occupation. Geoarchaeology differs from the traditional concepts of Environmental Archaeology and Landscape Archaeology in this respect since it adopts a different spatial resolution based on the development of multidisciplinary research at the scale of geographical, geological or geomorphological features. In this paper, we aim to contribute to the definition of coastal geoarchaeology where environmental holistic studies can be developed, thus integrating both continental and marine dynamics. A specific application is realized here for the largest Mediterranean islands where heterogeneity can be observed in research over the last decades. For this reason, we divide the Mediterranean Basin into four areas in order to review the main works conducted. In general, investigating coastal environments represents an exciting opportunity to reconstruct past landscapes and to evidence the long-term history of human occupation and land use by employing a wide range of proxies. We focus in particular on the coastal wetlands of Corsica, where a large number of lagoons have been cored since the early 2010s. Multiproxy laboratory analyses reveal a history of the complex relationships between past human societies and their environments which is complementary to existing archaeological studies.

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“…Baika, 2008;Poulos et al, 2008;Kapsimalis et al, 2009;Pavlopoulos et al, 2011;Mourtzas, 2012;Evelpidou et al, 2012a;b;. Using beachrocks in particular, the most extensive work was…”

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confidence: 99%