Coastal geoarchaeology of Kerkinitis (Northwestern Crimea)
The coastal landscape in of northwestern Crimea is characterized by numerous salt lakes (locally called limans) separated from the sea by sand barriers. The formation of the lakes was mostly induced by inundation of the lower reaches of fluvial valleys and trough-like kettle holes during the transgr...
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| প্রকাশিত: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/mediterranee, |
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| প্রধান লেখক: | , |
| বিন্যাস: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| ভাষা: | Anglais |
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Méditerranée
2017
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| অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| সংক্ষিপ্ত: | The coastal landscape in of northwestern Crimea is characterized by numerous salt lakes (locally called limans) separated from the sea by sand barriers. The formation of the lakes was mostly induced by inundation of the lower reaches of fluvial valleys and trough-like kettle holes during the transgression of the Black Sea basin. Lake Sasyk-Sivash formed due to the simultaneous inundation of the coastal area and several radiating ravines (locally called balkas). The lake was possibly not completely separated from the sea during the ancient Greek period. This can explain the existence of six Chersonesean farmhouses and two ancient Greek vineyards on the remotest northern shore of the lake, which is furthest from the sea. Geological coring on the western margin of ancient Kerkinitis revealed lagoonal silts, at a depth of 1.6‑2.0 m. These indicate that the water level of the Black Sea basin near what is now Yevpatoriya was -2 m in the mid-1st millennium BC. The coastline in western Crimea might have been situated 50–100 m offshore from the present one. |
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