Harbor areas at ancient Troy: Sedimentology and geomorphology complement Homer's Iliad

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-166

  Kraft, John C ^a   Rapp, George Rip ^b   Kayan, Ilhan ^c   Luce, John V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Facies; Harbors; Sedimentary environments; Troy

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHIC CHANGES;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PORTS AND HARBORS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GEOLOGY;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

GREECE;

EID: 84879880300     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0163:HAAATS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Fraser, A.D., 1937. The Potamic system of the Trojan plain: Charlottesville, Virginia. The Jameson Book Store, 77 p.
2. Kayan, I., 1991. Holocene geomorphic evolution of the Besik plain and changing environment of ancient man: Studia Troica, v. 1, p. 79-92.
3. Kayan, I., 1995. The Troja Bay and supposed harbour sites in the Bronze Age: Studia Troica, v. 5, p. 211-235.
4. Kayan, I., 1996. Holocene stratigraphy of the lower Karamenderes-Dumrek plain and archaeological material in the alluvial sediments to the north of the Troia ridge: Studia Troica, v. 6, p. 239-249.
5. Kayan, I., 1997, Geomorphological evolution of the Ciplak Valley and archaeological material in the alluvial sediments to the south of the lower city of Troia: Studia Troica, v. 7, p. 489-507.
6. Kraft, J.C., Kayan, I., and Erol, O., 1980, Geomorphic reconstructions in the environs of ancient Troy: Science, v. 209, p. 776-782.
7. Kraft, J.C., Rapp, G., Szemler, G.J., Tziavos, C., and Kase, E., 1987. The pass at Thermopylae, Greece: Journal of Field Archaeology, v. 12, p. 181-198.
8. Kraft, J.C., Kayan, I., Bruckner, H., and Rapp, G., 2001. A geologic analysis of ancient landscapes and the harbors of Ephesus and the Artemision in Anatolia: Wien, Jahreshefte des Osterreichischen Archäologisches Institutes: Verlag der Osterreichisches Akademie der Wissenshaften, v. 69, p. 175-233.
9. Luce, J.V., 1998. Celebrating Homer's landscapes: New Haven, Connecticut. Yale University Press, 260 p.
10. Maclaren, C., 1822. Dissertation on the topography of the Plain of Troy: Edinburg. Printed for A. Constable, 270 p.
11. Spratt, T.A.B., 1839. Map of the Troad: London, Admiralty (British).
12. Stanley, D.J., 2000. Deltas, radiocarbon dating and measurements of sedimentary storage and subsidence: Geology, v. 28, p. 295-298.
13. Strabo, 1960, Geography: www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Strab. +6.1.1 (accessed October 2002).
14. Yang, L.-C., 1982. The distribution and taxonomy of ostracodes and benthic foraminifera in late Pleistocene and Holocene sediments of the Troad (Biga Penninsula), Turkey [M.S. thesis]: Newark. University of Delaware, 209 p.