Franchthi Paralia, the sediments, stratigraphy and offshore investigations. T. J. Wilkenson and S. T. Duhon, 1990 (excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece, Fascicle 6), Indiana University Press, xvi + 207 pp., $45.00 (paper-bound)
✍ Scribed by Jack Donahue
- Book ID
- 102225977
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 252 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0883-6353
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✦ Synopsis
Paralia is Greek for seashore, and Fascicle 6 of this impressive series on Franchthi Cave describes the sediments and stratigraphy from excavations along the seashore in front of the cave. Original excavations done from 1971 to 1976, with study of ca. 5% (100 m2) of the Paralia sediments suggested the presence of a large Neolithic site that extended beneath the waters of Kiladha Bay. Geophysical and coring operations then followed from 1979 to 1985 in the waters of Kiladha Bay offshore from Paralia. This fascicle includes results from excavation of the Paralia (Wilkenson and Duhon, Chapters 1-6 and Appendices A-F) as well as a summary of the offshore work (Gifford, Chapter 7) and a description of the pollen sequence from one core (Bottema, Chapter 8). The Paralia sediments and included archaeological materials appear to range in age from