Geoarchaeology confirms location of the ancient harbour basin of Ostia (Italy)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 389-398

  Goiran, Jean Philippe ^a   Salomon, Ferréol ^b   Mazzini, Ilaria ^c   Bravard, Jean Paul ^b   Pleuger, Elisa ^a   Vittori, Cécile ^a   Boetto, Giulia ^d   Christiansen, Jonatan ^e   Arnaud, Pascal ^e   Pellegrino, Angelo ^f   Pepe, Caterina ^g   Sadori, Laura ^g  

^a University Lumière Lyon 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d Centre Camille Jullian   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LUMIÈRE LYON 2   (France)

^f Soprintendenza Speciale ai Beni Archeologici di Roma   (Italy)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geoarchaeology; Harbour; Mediterranean Sea; Ostia; Rome; Stratigraphy; Tiber

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; HARBOR; ROMAN ERA; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; WATER COLUMN;

ITALY; LAZIO; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OSTIA; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; TIBER RIVER; TIBER BASIN;

EID: 84884932068     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.08.019     Document Type: Article

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