Bassin de Korçë, Kallamas

Lera, Petrika; Touchais, Gilles; Oberweiler, Cécile; Cheval, Carole; Gori, Maja; Përzhita, Luan

doi:10.3406/bch.2010.7737

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“…After the drainage of the lake in the 1950s, Albanian archaeologists excavated Neolithic lakeside wood-pile dwellings at Maliq in dryland conditions (Prendi 1966; Aliu 2006, 43–9). In the case of Sovjan, the site is a submerged tell that came to light when an irrigation canal (116 m wide) was dug through it in 1988 (Lera and Touchais 2002; 2013). Excavations, conducted adjacent to the canal by a joint French and Albanian team, have revealed wood dwellings from the Bronze Age and archaeobotanical remains as early as the Early Neolithic period (seventh millennium bc ).…”

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Battling Water: The Frontiers of Archaeological Excavations at Butrint (1928–2014)

Hernandez

2017

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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This article examines the impact of sea level (water table) on archaeological research at Butrint (Bouthrotos/Buthrotum) from 1928 to 2014. Rising relative sea levels over the past three thousand years have shaped the actions not only of its ancient inhabitants but also of its modern archaeologists, conditioning archaeological objectives, fieldwork and the interpretation of the archaeological record. Butrint's first archaeologist, Luigi M. Ugolini, considered groundwater to be a detriment to archaeological research at the site. Subsequent archaeologists have viewed it as the limit of excavation. Battling water at Butrint, archaeologists have shared a universal perception of groundwater as an enemy and thereby have overlooked one of Butrint's most important areas of archaeological research – its wetland and wet-site archaeology. The Roman Forum Excavations (RFE) Project undertook the first wet-site excavations at Butrint, reaching depths of up to four metres below the water table in stratigraphic excavations in the ancient urban centre. The results demonstrate that the ancient urban centre formed much later than is presently thought: the lower city emerged as dryland in the second half of the second century bc. Relative sea levels have increased since antiquity at many coastal regions in the Mediterranean, often submerging archaeological sites either partially or completely. Butrint is a case study that shows how sea level is inextricably tied to archaeological practice and interpretation at this major ancient Mediterranean seaport.

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