Offshore survey of the harbours of Carthage

Yorke, R.; Little, J. H.; Davidson, D. P.

doi:10.1111/j.1095-9270.1976.tb00956.x

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“…This is the site of an ancient domus, which has industrial features such as salting ponds and a fishpond associated with it. The latter was studied and documented in 1968 by Yorke and Davidson (Yorke and Davidson 1969), but their plan remained incomplete. A re-investigation of the tanks enabled us to identify new structures and redraw their plan (Khellaf and Bensalah 2019).…”

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Risks and destruction of coastal archaeological sites in Algeria – the case of the coast of El Hamdania

Khellaf,

Bourai,

Bensalah

2023

Libyan Stud

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The Algerian coast is rich in cultural heritage. Many major historical cities and archaeological remains are scattered along its coastline. This cultural heritage is increasingly threatened by the rapid urbanisation that Algeria has experienced in recent years. In 2018 the area of El Hamdania (Cherchell region) was selected as the site of a new commercial mega port. This large construction project will affect a number of archaeological sites located in this region. This paper aims to highlight the archaeological importance of the El Hamdania region and assesses the risks of such a construction to the heritage of the region. The archaeological evidence discussed is based on survey work carried out by members of the Laboratoire d’Études Historiques et Archéologiques (LEHA), an institution that carries out research projects on coastal and maritime archaeology in Algeria.

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Risks and destruction of coastal archaeological sites in Algeria – the case of the coast of El Hamdania

Khellaf,

Bourai,

Bensalah

2023

Libyan Stud

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“…In legend she managed to cut the ox hide into one long strip to measure out a much more sizable demesne than her Libyan neighbors preferred (Virgil,Diodorus Siculus n.d. XVII,40.3;Strabo n.d. XVII.3.15). The talescobbled from many myths and Classical accounts such as Timaeus, Pompeius Trogus, Marcus Junianus Justin (Pease 1935)-reveal the enterprise and craft for which the Phoenicians were respected or envied, but they reveal little of geographical history (Gifford et al 1992;Little and Yorke 1975;Yorke et al 1976). The second century BCE Greek historian Polybius (n.d.) records the position and geography of Carthage in its local coordinates, implying without amplifying some geographical factors in the founding of Carthage (Polybius n.d., History I.73.3-6):…”

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The Locus of Carthage: Compounding Geographical Logic

Hunt

2009

Afr Archaeol Rev

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North Africa's Phoenician city of Carthage was above all a logical place from which the well-informed maritime Phoenicians colonized and controlled the Western Mediterranean. The leading important factors affecting the founding of Carthage were mostly geographical: overall centrality along the southern coast of the Western Mediterranean; proximity to the island bridge of Italy via Sicily; nascent oceanographic knowledge of water currents and wind gyres as well as shoals such as the Gulf of Sidra and the shelter of the Gulf of Tunis itself; and important local topography and religious landmarks.

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African Rome. The City of Carthage from its Roman (Re‐)foundation to the End of the Byzantine Period

Böckmann¹

2022

A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity

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Offshore survey of the harbours of Carthage

Cited by 7 publications

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Risks and destruction of coastal archaeological sites in Algeria – the case of the coast of El Hamdania

Risks and destruction of coastal archaeological sites in Algeria – the case of the coast of El Hamdania

The Locus of Carthage: Compounding Geographical Logic

African Rome. The City of Carthage from its Roman (Re‐)foundation to the End of the Byzantine Period

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