Geoarchaeology of Ancient Aulis (Boeotia, Central Greece): Human occupation and Holocene landscape changes

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2071-2083

  Ghilardi, Matthieu ^a   Colleu, Maxime ^b   Pavlopoulos, Kosmas ^c   Fachard, Sylvian ^d,f   Psomiadis, David ^a   Rochette, Pierre ^a,e   Demory, François ^a   Knodell, Alex ^f   Triantaphyllou, Maria ^g   Delanghe Sabatier, Doriane ^a   Bicket, Andrew ^h   Fleury, Jules ^a,e  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^h WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aulis; Boeotia; Borehole study; Euboean Gulf; Geoarchaeology; Greece; Mycenaean period; Paleoenvironmental reconstruction; Recent Holocene; Shoreline migration

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; LAGOON; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MOLLUSC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CENTRAL GREECE; GREECE;

ACHAEA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84872838970     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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