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Der Moderne Staat Zeitschrift Fur Public Policy Recht Und Management, Dec 6, 2012
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Quaternary Science Reviews, 2016
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Etopoi Journal For Ancient Studies, Jun 26, 2012
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Journal of Archaeological Science, 2015
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Quaternary International, 2013
ABSTRACT During Hellenistic times, when the Pergamenian kingdom was prospering, Pergamum was oper... more ABSTRACT During Hellenistic times, when the Pergamenian kingdom was prospering, Pergamum was operating an important harbour, used by merchants and military at the city of Elaia. This paper focuses on the development, utilisation and decay of the closed harbour of Elaia, which is discussed in the context of the landscape evolution of the environs of the ancient settlement. Based on geoarchaeological, archaeological and literary evidence, the construction of two harbour moles in order to provide shelter against wave action and enemies can be attributed to the early Hellenistic period. Geoelectric measurements revealed the construction profile of the moles. Coring evidence indicated that together with mole construction, a greater area of the formerly shallow marine and sublittoral terrain was consolidated, most probably to create space for harbour installations. The closed harbour basin was used intensely during Hellenistic and Roman times. Later, continued siltation hindered further usage. In combination with the decline of the city of Elaia in Late Antiquity, this was the reason why the harbour was abandoned. Scenarios for the time of the maximum transgression of the sea around 2500 BC, the early Hellenistic times around 300 BC, and Late Antiquity AD 500, are presented.
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Geoarchaeology, 2014
ABSTRACT Pergamum (modern: Bergama) was operating an important harbour used by military forces an... more 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 14C-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
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A. Matthaei und M. Zimmermann (Hrsg., )Urbane Strukturen und bürgerliche Identität im Hellenismus, 2015
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