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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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MILLSTONES COASTAL QUARRIES AS INDICATOR OF RELATIVE SEA LEVEL CHANGES

2012

The Italian coasts shows numerous archaeological remains which reveals the activities that were carried out along the coast for thousands of years of history. In order to use archaeological structures for coastal studies, an accurate estimate of their relationship to the sea level at the time of construction is required (Lambeck et al 2004, Antonioli et al 2007, Auriemma & Solinas 2009). Millstone coastal quarries are only documented in southern Italy; they are carved on beachrock, calcarenites and other sedimentary rock easy to be exploited. Few archaeological information have been published about quarries for millstones extraction; they are documented since around 2500 yr BP (Amouretti, 1…

Settore GEO/04 - Geografia Fisica E GeomorfologiaUplift ratearchaeological markerMillstone coastal quarry
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