Palaeoenvironmental signals in ancient urban setting
The heavy rainfall record in Sumhuram, a pre-Islamic archaeological site of Dhofar (S Oman)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12267349 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Mariotti Lippi (0000-0002-4820-2520, University of Florence, corresponding author), Cristina Bellini (University of Florence), Marco Benvenuti (0000-0001-8575-5047, University of Florence), Mariaelena Fedi (0000-0003-2658-8378, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 951-965 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Holocene (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959683611400203 |
| OpenAlex | W1998485054 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 36 |
A case study of an archaeological section in the pre-Islamic town of Sumhuram (third century bc–fifth century ad; Dhofar, S Oman) is presented. Sedimentological and palynological data have been integrated with the aim of finding signals of natural processes within an urban context. Two main types of deposits alternate in the section: anthropogenic (AD) and waterlain (WD). The presence of laminated sediments within the WD deposits, suggesting short-term street flooding from heavy rainfall, encouraged the development of a targeted palynological sampling strategy. The results of the pollen analysis in these laminated sediments, e.g. high pollen concentrations (particularly of wet environment plants), clumped pollen grains, long distance pollen grains, and overall good state of preservation, suggest a stronger monsoonal influence than the present and high precipitation in S Oman between 204 bc and ad 130
Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Flooding (psychology · Geography · Monsoon · Natural (archaeology · Palynology · Period (music · Physical geography · Pollen · Precipitation · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Ecology · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2018 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |