Initial geoarchaeologic investigations on the Holocene coastal configuration near Phaistos/Agia Triada (Messara plain central Crete, Greece)

Fytrolakis, N; Peterek, A; Schroder, B

dc.contributor.author	Fytrolakis, N	en
dc.contributor.author	Peterek, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Schroder, B	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T11:45:54Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T11:45:54Z
dc.date.issued	2005	en
dc.identifier.issn	00442798	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/37687
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dc.subject.other	archaeological evidence	en
dc.subject.other	coastal evolution	en
dc.subject.other	Holocene	en
dc.subject.other	Crete	en
dc.subject.other	Eurasia	en
dc.subject.other	Europe	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Southern Europe	en
dc.subject.other	Mollusca	en
dc.title	Initial geoarchaeologic investigations on the Holocene coastal configuration near Phaistos/Agia Triada (Messara plain central Crete, Greece)	en
heal.type	other	en
heal.publicationDate	2005	en
heal.abstract	Preliminary results from drilling activity for water supply and from field studies reveal some indications on development of the coastal configuration in the western Messara plain since early Minoan time.The abandoned well drilling ""Phaistos North"" that is located 5 km inland drilled through sandy deposits with an assemblage of marine mollusc fragments at 22-28 m depth (intercalated into fluvial valley floor sediments). The faunal remains occur at a depth that is consistent with both the calculated late Pleistocene gradient of the Geropotamos valley and the Holocene sea-level rise. The results from our studies suggest the likelihood that both Agia Triada and Phaistos had been founded in a favourite position on the topographic high of the Phaistos ridge above a far inland reaching drowned valley at the eastern end of a marine embayment (""Timbaki Gulf""). Intensified human impact on soil and bedrock erosion might have induced the rapid progradation of fluvial river deposits into the former ""Timbaki Gulf"" and consequent migration of the coastline towards its modern position already during early Minoan time. The data from the bore holes ""Phaistos North"" and well No. 95 (de Ridder & Dietrich 1972) strongly support the assumption of evidential vertical uplift of the Phaistos ridge during late Pleistocene to Recent time. © 2005 Gebrüder Borntraeger.	en
heal.journalName	Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband	en
dc.identifier.volume	137	en
dc.identifier.spage	111	en
dc.identifier.epage	123	en