Franchthi Paralia: The Sediments, Stratigraphy, and Offshore Investigations, Fascicle 6, Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece

by Tony J. Wilkinson, Susan T. Duhon

Overview

" . . . an interesting and valuable contribution to geoarchaeology." —Geoarchaeology

The geomorphology of Franchthi paralia; soil profiles; classification of sediments; stratigraphic succession; submarine sediments; holocene environment of the Argolid; and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253319784
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	08/22/1991
Series:	Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece , #6
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Foreword (T.W. Jacobsen)
Preface
A Note of Terminology

Part I The Onshore Investigations

Chapter One/Geomorphology of Franchthi Paralia/The Limestone Outcrop/The Debris Slopes/Deposits of the Modern Debris Slopes/The Formation of the Paralia Embayment

Chapter Two/Soil Profiles through Selected Sedimentary Sequences/Soil Profiles

Chapter Three/Classification of the Excavated Sediments/Class A: Stony Red Colluvium/Class B: Lower Gravelly Loam/Class C: Stone-free Silt Loam/Class D: Red-hued Sediments with Serpentinites (Upper Reds)/Class E: Dark Gray Stony Clay Loams/Class F: Upper Stony Loam and Class G: Talus Accumulation/Class H: Leight Gray Silt Loam/Class J: Fills of Cut Features and Disturbances/Class K: Topsoil

Chapter Four/Processes of Deposition of Selected Sediment Clases/Free Talus Movement/Impeded Talus Movement/Addition of Cultural Debris/Post-depositional Alteration of Archaeological Sediments

Chapter Five/The Stratigraphic Succession/Summary of Stratigraphic Sequence

Chapter Six/Discussion and Conclusions/General Discussion of the Paralia Sediments/The Chronological Development of Sedimentary Deposits/Maximum Extent of the Paralia Settlement

Part II The Offshore Investigations

Chapter Seven/Analysis of Submarine Sediments Off Franchthi Cave (John A Gifford)/Introduction/Methodology/Laboratory Analyses (with reports by J.M. Hansen and D.S. Reese)/General Discussion and Conclusions

Chapter Eight/Holocene Environemtn of the Southern Argolid: A Pollen Core from Kiladha Bay (Sytze Bottema)/Introduction/Core Location, Geography, Climate, and Vegetation/Melacology/Dating/Methods/Discussion of the Kiladha Pollen Diagram/Comparison of the Kiladha Diagram with Other Palaeobotanical Information from Greece/Environmental Changes and Human Habitation in the Southern Argolid at the End of the Fourth Millennium B.P.

Appendixes The Onshore Investigations: Supporting Data

Appendix A The Stratigraphic Contexts of the Paralia Walls
Appendix B Catalogue of Strata
Appendix C Field and Laboratory Mehtods/Field Methods/Laboratory Methods
Appendix D Clay Mineralogy
Appendix E Miscellaneous Samples
Appendix F Tables of Laboratory Data

Notes
References
Plates