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Sea-level change and the archaeology of early Venice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

A. J. Ammerman ,
C. E. McClennen ,
M. de Min  and
R. Housley
A. J. Ammerman
Affiliation:
Department of Classics, Colgate University, Hamilton NY 13346, USA
C. E. McClennen
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Colgate University, Hamilton NY 13346, USA
M. de Min
Affiliation:
Soprintendenza per i Beni Ambientali e Architettonici, Venice 30124, Italy
R. Housley
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland
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Abstract

The threatened city of Venice, plauged by rising sea levels and subsiding ground, has been the subject of recent archaeological investigation. Studies of buried archaeological sites yield new evidence on trends in sea-level change for the Lagoon of Venice and provide important insight into how early habitation responded to such change.

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Venicesea levelradiocarbon dating
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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 280 , June 1999 , pp. 303 - 312
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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