First evidence of agro-pastoral farming and anthropogenic impact in the Taman Peninsula, Russia

Kaniewski, David; Giaime, Matthieu; Marriner, Nick; Morhange, Christophe; Otto, Thierry; Поротов, А.В.; Campo, Elise Van

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.02.005

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“…PCA ordination was chosen because it is a non-parametric method that extracts the most important information from complex datasets (e.g. Kaniewski et al, 2008Kaniewski et al, , 2015Marriner et al, 2014). Most of the…”

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In search of Pollentia's southern harbour: Geoarchaeological evidence from the Bay of Alcúdia (Mallorca, Spain)

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Morhange

Ontiveros

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Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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The Roman city of Pollentia was founded on the northeastern coast of Mallorca (Balearic archipelago) after the Roman conquest of the island in 123 BC. There is evidence that the city had two harbours, a small harbour located to the north, whereas the main harbour was located to the south of Pollentia. Our study focuses on the southern harbour, on a coastal plain in proximity to the ancient city. Four sedimentary cores were taken and bio-sedimentological analysis were performed. Here, we describe the palaeogeographical changes in this area, evolving from an open lagoon environment between ca. 3200 and ca. 500 cal. years BC to a semi-enclosed lagoon during Roman times. Progressively, the lagoon became silted and was isolated from the sea by the development of a large sand spit, probably during the second half of the first millennium AD. We also discuss the water depth, linked to the palaeo sea level, which is important in defining the possible ancient harbour location. Highlights A lagoon was situated near the city of Pollentia during Roman times. This lagoon probably hosted one of the city's harbours. Chronostratigraphy supports a harbour foundation between 1 st c. BC and the 1 st c. AD. A chronological gap of 1000 years suggests dredging.

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In search of Pollentia's southern harbour: Geoarchaeological evidence from the Bay of Alcúdia (Mallorca, Spain)

Giaime

Morhange

Ontiveros

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“…The ratio of total organic carbon (C org ) and nitrogen (N) is close to 10, typical of a coastal environment. The association of fragments of bryozoa and numerous dinoflagellate cysts in the middle of the unit (Kaniewski et al, 2015), in addition to its uniform appearance and presence of aquatic organic matter, reflect a protected marine environment. Due to the geography of the site, it is likely that the shallow marine environment, protected from swell and waves, was subjected to terrigenous input from the Kuban (Brückner et al, 2010).…”

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“…This transgression led to the formation of an archipelago of four islands (Fig. 5a), exploited by societies since the Neolithic (Kaniewski et al, 2015).…”

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Evolution of Taman Peninsula's ancient Bosphorus channels, south-west Russia: Deltaic progradation and Greek colonisation

Giaime

Avnaim-Katav

Morhange

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Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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International audienceThis paper presents new data looking into the Holocene evolution of the Kuban delta (Taman Peninsula, SW Russia), with particular emphasis on its southern arm. In the area of the later Taman Peninsula, the Holocene marine transgression created an archipelago around 6000 years ago. When sea-level rise decelerated, deltaic sedimentation and longshore drift gradually landlocked the islands, transforming the archipelago into a peninsula. The peninsula constituted an important area of Greek colonisation in the northern Black Sea because it was conducive to sea-faring, natural anchorages and human settlement. Natural factors such as delta progradation and the evolution of spits and sand bars have considerably affected the landscape evolution and therefore human occupation. After 6000 years ago the progradation of the delta began from the east of the peninsula, where the Kuban River drains into the sea. Navigation by an eastern channel, the Kuban Bosphorus became impossible at least 1500 years before the Greek colonisation. By then, the central Bosphorus (Temryuk Bosphorus) was well suited for sea-faring. The calm shallow-marine and lagoonal areas were a suitable environment for harbours and maritime activities. Nonetheless, the growth of sand spits and barriers at the head of the islands eventually led to the closure of these spaces after the early second millennium BC. Some ancient city-states, such as Golubitskaya 2 or Strelka were abandoned just a few centuries after their foundation

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“…While the nature and geographical distribution of Neolithic plant economies in Europe and the Near East have recently become clearer (BOOGARD 2004;COLLEDGE et al, 2005;WEISS et al, 2006;CONNOR et al, 2013), and even if routes of difusion of early crop agriculture practices have been long studied (COLLEDGE et al, 2004;WENINGER et al, 2006;COWARD et al, 20 08;LINSTÄDTER et al, 2012), the Caucasus-Caspian corridor and the western Eurasian steppe (MOTUZAITE-MATUZEVICIUTE, 2012) still sufer from a paucity of data (GERASIMENKO, 1997;KANIEWSKI et al, 2015). Debates on the Neolithic are essentially focused on estimating the timing of plant domestication (e.g.…”

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Emergence of agriculture on the Taman Peninsula, Russia

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First evidence of agro-pastoral farming and anthropogenic impact in the Taman Peninsula, Russia

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In search of Pollentia's southern harbour: Geoarchaeological evidence from the Bay of Alcúdia (Mallorca, Spain)

In search of Pollentia's southern harbour: Geoarchaeological evidence from the Bay of Alcúdia (Mallorca, Spain)

Evolution of Taman Peninsula's ancient Bosphorus channels, south-west Russia: Deltaic progradation and Greek colonisation

Emergence of agriculture on the Taman Peninsula, Russia

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