A short note on the geo-archeological significance of the ancient Theodosius harbour (İstanbul, Turkey)

AbstractThe sedimentary sequence discovered at archaeological excavations in ancient Theodosius Harbour at İstanbul contains the records of sea level, environmental changes and the cultural history of the region. The cobbles at the base of the sequence include archaeological remnants of Neolithic culture that settled in the area between 8.4 and 7.3 14C ka BP, and are located at 6 m below the present sea level. The sediments representing a coastal environment indicate that the area was used as a harbour from AD 4th to at least the 11th century and were filled by the sediments derived from Lykos Stream after 11th century.

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Dating Climatic Episodes of the Holocene

Quaternary Research ◽

10.1016/0033-5894(74)90060-x ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 9-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 92

Author(s):

Wayne M. Wendland ◽

Reid A. Bryson

Keyword(s):

Cultural History ◽

Sea Level ◽

Cultural Change ◽

Climatic Impact ◽

Radiocarbon Dates ◽

The Holocene ◽

Independent Analysis ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Cultural Discontinuities

Monitoring evidence indicates that the Holocene embraced a sequence of rather discrete climatic episodes. The transitions between these environmental episodes apparently were abrupt and globally synchronous. This paper reports on statistical analyses of radiocarbon dates associated with environmental change and cultural change.Over 800 14C dates associated with pollen maxima and minima, sea level maxima and minima, and top and bottom surfaces of peat beds were simultaneously analyzed to identify times of globally synchronous environmental discontinuities.Some 3700 14C dates associated with 155 cultural continua of the world were collectively analyzed to identify worldwide synchroneities in appearance and termination of the cultures.Significant globally synchronous discontinuities were identified in each independent analysis. The dates of environmental and cultural discontinuities are rather similar, particularly during the recent half of the Holocene. The fact that the cultural discontinuities mostly follow rather closely those of the paleobotanical record suggests that there has been a distinct climatic impact on the cultural history of man.

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Size doesn’t matter: Foeni-Sălaş, a small multi-period settlement in the Romanian Banat

Starinar ◽

10.2298/sta2171021g ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 21-60

Author(s):

Haskel Greenfield ◽

Aleksandar Kapuran

Keyword(s):

Material Culture ◽

Cultural History ◽

Late Antique ◽

Early Neolithic ◽

History Of ◽

Archaeological Excavations

Systematic archaeological excavations at the multicultural site of Foeni-S?la? in the Romanian Banat conducted during the first half of the 1990s uncovered evidence that the site was inhabited during the Early Neolithic, Copper, Bronze, Early Iron, Late Antique and Medieval Ages. This paper summarises the cultural history of the settlement at the site and describes the relevant deposits and material culture in each period.

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Environmental change in Danish marine waters during the Roman Warm Period inferred from mollusc data

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin ◽

10.34194/geusb.v13.4967 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 13 ◽

pp. 21-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Peter Rasmussen ◽

Kaj Strand Petersen ◽

David B. Ryves

Keyword(s):

Cultural History ◽

Environmental Changes ◽

Plant Macrofossils ◽

Warm Period ◽

Sea Level Changes ◽

Spatial And Temporal Patterns ◽

Modern Times ◽

Postglacial History ◽

First Results ◽

History Of

Modern geological research into the late and postglacial history of the inner Danish waters (i.e. Kattegat, Bælthavet and Øresund, plus the adjoining fjords and estuaries) began at the turn of the last century. Since then most investigations have focused on the timing of the initial marine inundation of the area, the early to mid-Holocene changes in land–sea confi- guration and sea level changes during the mid-Holocene Littorina period. Research on the late Holocene marine environment has received less emphasis, undoubtedly due to problems in finding continuous marine sediment records, as sedimentation in large areas of the Danish waters seems to have been characterised by complex spatial and temporal patterns of deposition and non-deposition (e.g. Lykke-An dersen et al. 1993). In an ongoing project we aim to ex- plore the continuous development of Dan ish coastal environments over the last 9000 years using a variety of proxy data, including molluscs, dia toms, foramini fera, algal pigments, plant macrofossils and physical properties of sedi ments. The project spans both environmental and cultural history, and addresses the important links between them, as the nature of the coastal environment has exerted major influences on cultural and societal expression and activity from Mesol ithic to modern times. This paper presents some of the first results from the project concerning environmental changes in the Roman Warm Period (c. 2000–1600 years B.P.) as shown by changes in molluscan faunas at two coring sites in Horsens Fjord and Tem pelkrog in southern Isefjord (Fig. 1).

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