Les recherches géomorphologiques et palynologiques menées autour du tell de Dikili Tash permettent de mieux comprendre les caractéristiques de la localisation de ce site préhistorique et de l'évolution des paléoenvironnements du Néolithique Récent à l'Âge du Bronze, périodes de son occupation. L'habitat est situé à la charnière entre le piémont des Monts de Lékani et de l'ancien marais de Philippes. À grande échelle, la situation géomorphologique apparaît complexe : une digitation de l'ancien marais et une petite dépression située au pied du tell ajoutent à la diversité des paysages et à la complexité de leur évolution. Les recherches palynologiques, malgré un contexte hydro-morphologique qui ne fut pas toujours favorable à la conservation des pollens, permettent de mieux saisir les rapports entre l'ouverture locale du couvert végétal et la relative stabilité de la végétation régionale.
The chronological sequence of a major reference site for Neolithic periods in southeastern Europe and the Aegean, Dikili Tash (Macedonia, Greece), has been reassessed by TL. Baked adobe material samples extracted from domestic ovens, directly associated with specific occupational levels, have been studied. The fine-grain technique has been used for equivalent dose determination. K, U and Th contents and the equilibrium state of U-series have been measured by low-background gamma spectroscopy. Since the archaeological levels were already partly excavated, the environmental dose-rate was evaluated by a reconstruction technique combining laboratory analysis and on-site measurements.The TL results (weighted average of multiple age determination, oven 400, middle of the Dikili Tash I (DT-I) phase, 5500 ± 320 BC; oven 600, end of DT-I, 4920 ± 310 BC; house 3, 4260 ± 280 BC; house 4, 4510 ± 410 BC) are in general agreement with the timeframe deduced from previous radiocarbon dates. This convergence strengthens the settlement's chronology, established now by independent dating methods.
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