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Seeliger, Martin, Brill, Dominik ORCID: 0000-0001-8637-4641, Feuser, Stefan ORCID: 0000-0003-0625-3095, Bartz, Melanie ORCID: 0000-0002-4703-6057, Erkul, Ercan, Kelterbaum, Daniel ORCID: 0000-0003-1487-2304, Voett, Andreas, Klein, Christina, Pirson, Felix and Brueckner, Helmut (2014). The Purpose and Age of Underwater Walls in the Bay of Elaia of Western Turkey: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Geoarchaeology, 29 (2). S. 138 - 156. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL. ISSN 1520-6548

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Abstract

Pergamum (modern: Bergama) was operating an important harbour used by military forces and merchants at the city of Elaia during Hellenistic and Roman Imperial times. Harbour-related facilities such as warehouses, breakwaters and wharfs document the importance of this harbour site not only for the Pergamenians. This paper focuses on the purpose and age of six submerged wall structures situated approximately 1 km south of the ancient closed harbour basin of Elaia. Geoelectric cross-sections and semi-aquatic coring near these walls failed to detect any solid basement under the walls which excludes their possible use as breakwaters or wharfs. Instead, the walls were most likely delineating and separating evaporation ponds of salt works, which compares well with similar structures from other periods and places around the Mediterranean. Combined OSL and C-14-dating determined the construction age of the installation between the 4th and 6th centuries A.D. Subsequent (re-)uses are likely and are in agreement with findings from archaeological surveys. (C) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Seeliger, Martin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Brill, Dominik UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8637-4641 UNSPECIFIED Feuser, Stefan UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-0625-3095 UNSPECIFIED Bartz, Melanie UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4703-6057 UNSPECIFIED Erkul, Ercan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kelterbaum, Daniel UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-1487-2304 UNSPECIFIED Voett, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Klein, Christina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pirson, Felix UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Brueckner, Helmut UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-444870
DOI:	10.1002/gea.21471
Journal or Publication Title:	Geoarchaeology
Volume:	29
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 138 - 156
Date:	2014
Publisher:	WILEY-BLACKWELL
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1520-6548
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; LATE-HOLOCENE; ANCIENT HARBOR; COASTAL STRUCTURES; NW GREECE; QUARTZ; SINGLE; LUMINESCENCE; ANATOLIA; DEPOSITS Multiple languages Archaeology; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/44487