Palaeoshoreline reconstruction and underwater archaeological potential of Liman Tepe: A long-occupied coastal prehistoric settlement in western Anatolia, Turkey

Riddick N. L., Boyce J., Krezoski G. M., ŞAHOĞLU V., Erkanal H., TUĞCU İ., ...Daha Fazla

QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, cilt.276, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 276
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107293
  • Dergi Adı: QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Artic & Antarctic Regions, Compendex, Geobase, INSPEC, DIALNET
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Liman Tepe, Prehistoric coastal palaeogeography, Palaeoshorelines, Relict river channels, Submerged landscapes, Underwater archaeological potential, SEA-LEVEL CHANGES, LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM, SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY, SUBMERGED LANDSCAPES, ANCIENT HARBORS, GEDIZ GRABEN, IZMIR BAY, HOLOCENE, EVOLUTION, TRANSGRESSION
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Rising post-glacial sea levels had a major influence on the prehistoric settlement of the Aegean coastal zone. At Liman Tepe, an important Chalcolithic-Bronze Age coastal settlement on the south coast of the Bay of Izmir, archaeological evidence suggests a Neolithic (ca. 9600-5500 BCE) presence, but no settlement has been discovered on land. Sea levels during the Neolithic period were between 6 and >20 m below present and there is high potential for discovery of submerged prehistoric sites. Marine sediment coring and geophysical investigations (bathymetry, sub-bottom seismic profiling; >600 line-km) were conducted over a 4-km(2) inshore area to assess the underwater archaeological potential. Multi-proxy sediment analysis (sedimentary facies, micropalaeontology, micro-XRF geochemistry) was conducted on 20 cores to reconstruct the relative sea level (RSL) history and coastal palaeogeography. Palaeoshoreline positions were estimated by back-stripping of the decompacted sediment thickness from a digital bathymetric model (DBM).