It is now widely accepted that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere are causing higher global atmospheric temperatures. However, there is still a …

Harvesting the Sea provides the first systematic treatment of the exploitation of various
marine resources, such as large-scale fishing, fish salting, salt and purple-dye production …

Through a review of historical scholarship of the past century, and an analysis of data drawn
from archaeological excavations and surveys and from written and historical records from …

Archaeological remains are valuable relative sea-level (RSL) indicators in Israel, a
tectonically stable coast with minor isostatic inputs. Previous research has used …

Local sea-level curves reflect global eustatic changes, regional isostatic adjustments of the
crust to changing ice and ocean volumes and tectonically controlled crustal movements. In …

The origin of the tin used for the production of bronze in the Eurasian Bronze Age is still one
of the mysteries in prehistoric archaeology. In the past, numerous studies were carried out …

Excavation of a Late Bronze Age shipwreck, tentatively dated to the 14th century BC, was
continued by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Ulu Burun near Kaş, Turkey, in 1985 …

Most coastal sectors which show evidence of Holocene coseismic uplift in Greece and the
Eastern Mediterranean were raised during a short period called here the Early Byzantine …

During the detailed excavations of ancient Caesarea, Israel, East Mediterranean, 64 coastal
water wells have been examined that date from the early Roman period (with the oldest …

The close association of metal ingots to the smelting operation and hence to the ore deposit
makes them good candidates for provenance studies which in turn can be used for …