Human occupation and geomorphological evolution of the Thessaloniki Plain (Greece) since mid Holocene

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-125

  Ghilardi, Matthieu ^a   Fouache, Eric ^a   Queyrel, François ^b   Syrides, George ^c   Vouvalidis, Konstantinos ^c   Kunesch, Stéphane ^a   Styllas, Mixalis ^c   Stiros, Stathis ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^b INHA   (France)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aliakmon River; Axios River; Geomorphology; Greece; Holocene; Palaeogeographic reconstruction; Pella; Thessaloniki Plain

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL EVOLUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ALIAKMON RIVER; AXIOS RIVER; CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 35748985550     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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