Magdala harbour sedimentation (Sea of Galilee, Israel), from natural to anthropogenic control

Quaternary International

Volumn 303, Issue , 2013, Pages 120-131

  Sarti, Giovanni ^a   Rossi, Veronica ^b   Amorosi, Alessandro ^b   De Luca, Stefano ^c   Lena, Anna ^c   Morhange, Christophe ^d   Ribolini, Adriano ^a   Sammartino, Irene ^b   Bertoni, Duccio ^a   Zanchetta, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c (Faculty of Biblical Sciences and Archaeology)   (Israel)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HARBOR; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; ROMAN ERA; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SHORE (NONMARINE);

ISRAEL; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

EID: 84879794897     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.01.032     Document Type: Article

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