Flaux C., Giaime M., Pichot V., Marriner N., El-Assal M., Guihou A., Deschamps Pierre, Claude C., Morhange C. (2021). The late Holocene record of Lake Mareotis, Nile Delta, Egypt. In :
Meister J. (ed.), Lange-Athinodorou E. (ed.), Ullmann T. (ed.). Geoarchaeology of the Nile Delta. E and G Quaternary Science Journal, 70 (1), p. 93-104. ISSN 0424-7116.
Titre du document
The late Holocene record of Lake Mareotis, Nile Delta, Egypt
Année de publication
2021
Auteurs
Flaux C., Giaime M., Pichot V., Marriner N., El-Assal M., Guihou A., Deschamps Pierre, Claude C., Morhange C.
In
Meister J. (ed.), Lange-Athinodorou E. (ed.), Ullmann T. (ed.), Geoarchaeology of the Nile Delta
Source
E and G Quaternary Science Journal, 2021,
70 (1), p. 93-104 ISSN 0424-7116
Lake Maryut (northwestern Nile Delta, Egypt) was a key feature of Alexandria's hinterland and economy during Greco-Roman times. Its shores accommodated major economic centers, and the lake acted as a gateway between the Nile valley and the Mediterranean. It is suggested that lake-level changes, connections with the Nile and the sea, and possible high-energy events considerably shaped the human occupation history of the Maryut. To reconstruct Lake Maryut hydrology in historical times, we used faunal remains, geochemistry (Sr isotopic signature of ostracods) and geoarcheological indicators of relative lake-level changes. The data show both a rise in Nile inputs to the basin during the first millennia BCE and CE and a lake-level rise of ca. 1.5 m during the Roman period. A high-energy deposit, inferred from reworked radiocarbon dates, may explain an enigmatic sedimentary hiatus previously attested to in Maryut's chronostratigraphy.
Plan de classement
Géologie et formations superficielles [064]
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Sociétés, développement culturel [112]
Description Géographique
EGYPTE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010081155]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010081155
