In deltaic areas, within a context of relative sea-level stability during the past 6000 years,
environmental conditions have been key in mediating human settlements and the evolution …

Extensive drillings and 31 new C-14 datings were used to establish the geomorphological
evolution of the Turia river delta and coastal barrier-lagoon system of Valencia (Spain) over …

Over the last 20 years, the geoarchaeology of ancient harbours has been a very active area
of research around the Mediterranean basin, generating much palaeoenvironmental data …

Abstract Akko/Acre, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2001, is one of the oldest
continuously inhabited sites in the eastern Mediterranean. Tel Akko was a major maritime …

Since the first archaeological excavations undertaken in the 1970s/1980s, Tel Akko is
known to have been an important trade city from the early 2nd millennium BC onwards …

Abstract The Roman city of Pollentia was founded on the north-eastern coast of Mallorca
(Balearic archipelago) after the Roman conquest of the island in 123 BCE. There is …

Ancient harbour basins, lagoons and coastal lake sediments buried beneath the
Mediterranean delta plains can be considered as long-term archives of anthropogenic …

Ancient Alexandria possessed not only an important maritime front but also a long lake
waterfront on its southern side. This dual waterfront was praised by the ancient geographer …

The impacts of coastal changes and human land use on depositional processes, ecological
conditions, geomorphic evolution and harbor works at the archaeological site of Lattara, one …

Abstract In the Jordan Valley, reconstructed changes of the Sea of Galilee level have shown
sharp fluctuations of the water elevation during the Holocene. In this paper, we provide new …