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SUMMARY:New Directions in Coastal and Underwater Geoarchaeology. - Ruth Sh
 ahak-Gross\, University of Haifa
DTSTART:20211022T121500Z
DTEND:20211022T130000Z
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CONTACT:Ruairidh Macleod
DESCRIPTION:Coastal and underwater geoarchaeology focuses on sea-level cha
 nges\, environmental reconstruction\, identification of harbor deposits\, 
 and tsunami events. Micro-geoarchaeology is a branch in geoarchaeology tha
 t focuses on the microscopic archaeological record via methods such as mic
 romorphology\, as well as analyses of micro-remains (e.g.\, phytoliths) an
 d mineralogical compositions of occupation deposits. This branch is quite 
 developed in terrestrial archaeology and almost absent in marine waterfron
 t and underwater archaeology. In the last years we devised methods to appl
 y micro-geoarchaeology to underwater archaeology\, and especially to the a
 rchaeology of submerged prehistoric settlements. The talk will present the
 se new advances via case studies in submerged Neolithic settlements off th
 e Carmel coast (Israel) as well as formation processes affecting occupatio
 n deposits that are unique to waterfront coastal habitation in the same st
 udy region.
LOCATION:Online via zoom
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