Ancient Tyre and its harbours: 5000 years of human-environment interactions

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1281-1310

  Marriner, Nick ^a   Morhange, Christophe ^a   Carayon, Nicolas ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Université de Strasbourg II ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Ancient harbour; Coastal geomorphology; Geoarchaeology; Geoscience; Holocene; Mediterranean; Tyre

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; HARBOR; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IRON AGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SANDSTONE; SHORELINE CHANGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; LIBAN SUD; MIDDLE EAST; TYRE;

EID: 85032070833     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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