Middle-to-late-Holocene environmental changes in the Garigliano delta plain (Central Italy): which landscape witnessed the development of the Minturnae Roman colony?
| Autor: | Paola Torri, Anna Maria Mercuri, Gilberto Calderoni, Piero Bellotti, Marta Mazzanti, Claudia Tarragoni, Daniela Esu, Lina Davoli, Pier Luigi Dall'Aglio, Kevin Ferrari, Maurizio D'Orefice, Carmine D’Amico, Letizia Di Bella |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Piero, Bellotti, Gilberto, Calderoni, Pier Luigi, Dall’Aglio, Carmine, D’Amico, Lina, Davoli, Letizia, Di Bella, Maurizio, D’Orefice, Daniela, Esu, Kevin, Ferrari, Marta, Bandini Mazzanti, Anna Maria, Mercuri, Claudia Tarragoni, Paola, Torri |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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010506 paleontology Archeology topografia antica geomorfologia paleobotanica ambiente garigliano Ecology (disciplines) Wetland 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences wetlands delta environmental changes geoarchaeology Holocene landscapes palynology Holocene 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes Palynology geography Global and Planetary Change geography.geographical_feature_category Archeology (arts and humanities) Ecology Geoarchaeology Paleontology Archaeology |
| Popis: | Geomorphologic, stratigraphic, faunistic, palynological and 14C analyses were carried out in the area of the mouth of the Garigliano River characterized by two strand plains that are referred to the Eutyrrhenian and the Holocene, rimming two depressed zones separated by the Garigliano River channel. This study depicts the palaeoenvironmental evolution over the last 8200 years and the landscape context at the time of Minturnae Roman colony. Between 8200 and 7500 yr BP, a wet zone occurred in the northern zone, whereas in the southern part, a lagoon developed. During the final transgression stage and the beginning of the sea level still stand (7500–5500 yr BP), a freshwater marsh formed in the northern zone, and the width of the southern lagoon decreased. Between 5500 and 3000 yr BP, the coastal barrier changed into a delta cusp, a freshwater marsh also appeared in the southern part and the river wandered between the twin marshes. Because of local uplift, previously unknown in this area, part of the floor of the southern marsh emerged, and after 4000 yr BP, both marshes became coastal ponds with prevailing clastic sedimentation. A progressive increment in anthropic forcing on the land took place after 3000 yr BP. The Marica sanctuary was built (7th century BC), and the Roman colony of Minturnae was developed beginning the 3rd century BC. The shallow depth of the ponds prevented their use as harbours, and saltwork plants can be ruled out based on the faunal and palynological data. The ongoing infilling of both ponds was never completed, and their reclamation is still in progress. |
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