Archaeology and Sea-Level Change

Evelpidou, Νiki; Karkani, Anna

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93806-6_384

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“…Nevertheless, the attribution of functional height is not always homogeneous in Mediterranean coastal quarries; by way of example, in Sicily, Scicchitano et al [6] defined a functional height higher than 0.6 m. Assessment of the present-day elevation of the coastal quarries compared to their functional height in Mola di Bari provided a past-sea level of −1.22 ± 0.3 m lower than the present level at 2400 ± 100 years BP. This value is in agreement with the analysis of piezometric surfaces performed by Milella et al [42] along the Egnatia area.…”

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“…As the coastal quarries detected are similar to those located along the Via Traiana in San Vito (province of Bari) and Egnatia (province of Brindisi), they can be attributed to the fifth and fourth centuries BC [11,31,84]. On the other hand, anthropogenic items found in the tombs carved into the Egnatia coastal quarries have been found to be about 2400 years old [11,86], with an uncertainty of approximately ±100 years, as derived from dating methods [42,87].…”

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“…The Apulian coasts host many archaeological remains that confirm that this region has been occupied since the Bronze Age by human settlements [37,38,[42][43][44]. Many of these remains are currently totally or partially submerged by the sea.…”

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The assessment of past sea-level positions requires a multidisciplinary approach that involves both scientific and historical humanistic fields. The use of a multidisciplinary approach allows us to obtain reliable information on the relative sea-level position, the determination of which requires the evaluation of the eustatic and steric components as well as an assessment of the vertical ground displacements, such as the isostatic adjustments and tectonic movements. In this context, coastal geoarchaeological markers play a fundamental role since their architectural height (generally defined as functional height) was relative to the sea level at the time of their construction. Thus, a comparison between the current elevation of geoarchaeological structures (or depth in the case they are currently submerged) with their estimated functional height allows us to obtain the relative sea-level variation. In this study, we applied a methodological procedure for the evaluation of the functional height of architectural elements using modern technologies (Terrestrial Laser Scanner and GPS-Real Time Kinematic) and detailed sea-level analysis. The proposed methodology was applied to coastal quarries located along the coast of Bari (Apulia region, southern Italy). The results allowed us to confirm the functional height of the detachment surface reported in the literature and to assess the sea-level position in the fifth and fourth centuries before Christ.

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confidence: 92%