Malia

Un marais parle

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ID11517582
AuthorsRémi Dalongeville (Archéorient, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume125
Issue1
Pages67-88
Publication date2001-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin de correspondance hellénique (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-4217 • E-ISSN: 2241-0104
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/bch.2001.7136
OpenAlexW1993038786
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Core soundings carried out in the Malia marsh have established the major stages in the evolution of the environment of the archaeological site between 6500 BC and the present day. For the time being, the study only takes account of the sedimentary data and carbon 14 dates. Several sequences have been identified. The first (6400-4700 BC) corresponds to the filling up ofthe depression; the second (4700-1500 BC) covers the formation and evolution ofthe marsh itself; the third (not dated) reveals a short marine event; the fourth (190 BC-414 AD) denotes the reestablishment of the marsh; and the fifth (from 414 BC to the présent) shows that the surface of the marsh evolves in relation to the more or less interior outline of the littoral belt. Sequence 3 might correspond to the tsunami caused by explosion of the Santorini volcano, but it could equally correspond to the earthquake of 365 AD, which caused a considerable tilting movement in Crete, the southwest corner being raised from 8 to 10 metres, and the northeast section subsiding at the same time

Archaeology · Event (particle physics · Geography · Littoral zone · Marsh · Physical geography · Section (typography · Sedimentary rock · Sequence (biology · Volcano · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Ecology · Geology · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Oceanography · Paleontology

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