Une nouvelle fouille du port de Marseille, place Jules-Verne

Archaeological evidence for unusually rapid holocene uplift rates in an active normal faulting terrain: Roman Harbor of Aigeira, Gulf of Corinth, Greece

“…There is no evidence that this conglomerate was originally reveted by hewn blocks. On the contrary, the large number of cavities in the concrete in combination with evidence form a number of submerged or silted up Mediterranean harbors, in which timber remains are sometimes preserved, indicates that this conglomerate was constructed in a timber mold (Schlaeger, 1971;Lamprecht, 1985;Oleson, 1988;Hesnard, 1994;Blackman, 1996). However, no traces of molding have been observed in the ruins at Mavra Litharia, probably because this harbor is exposed to the air by tectonic uplift and signs of wood have been obliterated, while the whole structure has been seriously eroded.…”

“…Yet, constructions of this type are not preserved or fully exposed, and their technology has always been a matter of debate among scholars studying Vitruvius work. The reason is that relative sea level rise and sedimentation in the last millennia caused the drowning or burial of most harbors in the Mediterranean (Flemming, 1969(Flemming, , 1978, and thus it became possible to study certain aspects of Roman harbor construction techniques only after recent extensive archaeological excavations or underwater surveys (Schlaeger, 1971;Hesnard, 1994;Blackman, 1996). The harbor of Aigeira, on the contrary, is located in an area of rapid tectonic uplift, and for this reason the ancient structure, originally constructed partly underwater, is now exposed and offers a unique opportunity to observe and study Roman harbor construction techniques.…”

“…Yet, due to sea level rise and sedimentation, most ancient harbors are found quasisubmerged, submerged (Flemming, 1969(Flemming, , 1978 or silted up, and their study is extremely difficult, for it requires extended excavations or underwater surveys (Schlaeger, 1971;Oleson, 1988;Lamprecht, 1985;Hesnard, 1994). Yet, harbors in areas of tectonic uplift, for instance in West Crete (Flemming, 1978;Pirazzoli et al, 1992), the Gulf of Corinth (Pirazzoli et al, 1994;Stiros et al, 1996), or SE Turkey (Erol and Pirazzoli, 1992) are usually exposed and give the opportunity to study their structure and environmental change history.…”

Análisis geoarqueológico del sector meridional de Baelo Claudia (Tarifa, Cádiz)

“…En este sentido fue entendido desde su origen el proyecto cuyos resultados presentamos, siguiendo la línea de investigación ya iniciada por otros en asentamientos como Cesarea Marítima (Rabán et al, 1996), Alejandría (Goiran et al, 2000), Biblos (Frost et al, 2000), Oliva (Pascualini, 2000;Vella et al, 2000), Sidón (Morhange et al, 2000) y Marsella (Hesnard, 1994) (entre otras) de cara a analizar la problemática de su descontextualización respecto al ambiente costero, fluvial y/o lagunar en el que fueron creados y a identificar el emplazamiento de sus antiguas zonas portuarias. *Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico (IAPH).…”

Gyptis and the Archaic Greek Sewn‐boat Technique

“…The origin of the Prôtis project and the construction of Gyptis , the sailing replica of Jules‐Verne 9 wreck, started 20 years ago, with the excavation of Place Jules‐Verne in Marseilles. The works revealed the ancient shoreline with Greek and Roman port facilities (Hesnard, ), and, in 1993, several ancient shipwrecks of which two Greek boats dated to the 6th century BC and five Roman boats dated between the 1st and the 4th centuries AD (Pomey, ) (Fig. ).…”