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Rita Auriemma

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Millstones as indicators of relative sea-level changes in northern Sicily and southern Calabria coastlines, Italy

2011

Abstract New data are presented for late Holocene relative sea-level changes in two coastal sites of Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy. Reconstructions are based on precise measurements of submerged archaeological remains that are valuable indicators of past sea-level position. The archaeological remains are millstone quarries carved on sandstone coastal rocks and nowadays partially submerged which, to the authors’ knowledge, are used for the first time as sea-level markers. Millstones of similar typology are located on the coast of Capo d’Orlando (northern Sicily) and Capo dell’Armi (southern Calabria). When the archeologically-based sea-level position is compared with the shoreline elev…

BeachrockShoregeographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryHolocenePleistoceneSettore GEO/02 - Geologia Stratigrafica E SedimentologicaElevationtectonic movements; sea level changes; Holocene;tectonic movementArchaeologyMillstoneTectonicsgeoarcheologyPhysical geographysea level changeSicily and CalabriaSea levelHoloceneGeologyrelative sea-level changeEarth-Surface Processes
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Millstone coastal quarries of the Mediterranean: A new class of sea level indicator

2014

The coasts of Italy still preserve several remnants of coastal quarries built in antiquity, that now provide insights into the intervening sea-level changes occurred during the last millennia. In this paper, we show and discuss a new class of sea level indicator consisting of millstones carved along the rocky coast of southern Italy since 2500 BP, that are currently submerged. They were extracted from beachrocks, sandstones or similar sedimentary rocks, easier for carving by ancient carving tools. Our study focuses on 10 coastal sites located at Capo d'Orlando, Avola, and Letojanni, in Sicily; Soverato, Tropea, and Capo dell'Armi, in Calabria; Castellabate, Palinuro, and Scario, in Campania…

Coastal quarry; Oil millstone; Relative sea level changes; Archaeological sea level markerMediterranean climatecave costiereCarvingCoastal quarryCoastal quarry; Oil millstone; Relative sea level changesSettore GEO/04 - Geografia Fisica E GeomorfologiamacineRelative sea level changesArchaeological sea level markerPresent dayArchaeologymetodologia della ricercaMillstoneTectonicsRelative sea level changeRelative sea level changes;Archaeological sea level marker;Oil millstone;Coastal quarryCoastal quarry Oil millstone Relative sea level changes Archaeological sea level markerSedimentary rockArcheologia dei paesaggi costierivariazioni del livello del mareOil millstoneSea levelGeologyEarth-Surface Processes
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