In the Valley of Anthemous … (Northern Greece)
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2021-12
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Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
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Abstract
The Anthemous Valley Archaeological Project is a cooperation between Greek and
Polish scientists aiming towards archaeological recognition of the northern Aegean within the
alluvial Anthemous Valley. The methodology of the project consists of the multidisciplinary
tools of settlement archaeology and geoarchaeology. The timeframe spans the prehistoric
periods from the Neolithic to the Early Iron Age. One of the main research tasks is to
reconstruct the evolution of the landscape in close reference to the cultural changes in
the region. To date, all sites within the valley have been catalogued and identified through
archaeological prospection and some with the use of geophysical survey. The results point
to an intensive occupation in the past, especially during the Bronze Age. Geoarchaeological
research was conducted in the tell of Nea Raedestos, which has shown major landscape
transformations in the Holocene due to river activity. The current work focuses on the mouth
of the Anthemous River to reconstruct the progradation processes and formation of the deltaic
plain in relation to prehistoric human occupation of this area.
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Northern Greece, Tell, Geoarchaeology, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Early Iron Age
Citation
Treasures of Time: Research of the Faculty of Archaeology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (2021) D. Żurkiewicz (Ed.). pp. 146-159
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978-83-946591-9-6