A geoarchaeological case study in the chora of Pergamon, western Turkey, to reconstruct the late Holocene landscape development and settlement history

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作者
Schneider, Steffen [1 ]
Matthaei, Albrecht [2 ]
Schloeffel, Marlen [3 ]
Meyer, Cornelius [4 ]
Kronwald, Mario [1 ]
Pint, Anna [5 ]
Schuett, Brigitta [1 ]
机构
[1] Free Univ Berlin, Phys Geog, Dept Earth Sci, D-12249 Berlin, Germany
[2] Marie Curie M4Human, I-00152 Rome, Italy
[3] Univ Osnabruck, Inst Geog, D-49074 Osnabruck, Germany
[4] Eastern Atlas GmbH & Co KG, D-13189 Berlin, Germany
[5] Univ Cologne, Inst Geog, D-50923 Cologne, Germany
关键词
Kaikos; Bakircay; Alluvial geoarchaeology; Aegean region; Paleogeography; River sanctuary; ORGANIC-MATTER; ANATOLIA; IGNITION; SYSTEMS; REGION; ROCKS; BASIN;
D O I
10.1016/j.quaint.2014.07.020
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
This paper investigates the late Holocene landscape development and settlement history of the central Bakircay valley (the ancient Kaikos valley) in western Turkey, which exemplifies a buried archaeological site approximately 12 km SW of Pergamon. A minimally intrusive geoarchaeological approach was applied by coupling an archaeological survey, geophysical exploration, geomorphological mapping and sedimentological analysis of drilling cores and pre-existing outcrops. The geomorphological and lithostratigraphical results imply that in the early and middle Holocene the site was situated on a depositional piedmont plain that was protected from the annual Bakircay floods. Over the past two millennia, the Bakircay flood plain was gradually aggraded and the site became prone to flooding. Despite the limitations of non-intrusive archaeological investigations, three scenarios were developed on the function and age of the buried site. Hence, the site was either a sanctuary from the 2nd century AD, a luxurious estate from the 4th-8th century AD, or a lime kiln from late Antique/Byzantine times. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
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页码:62 / 76
页数:15
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