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Finding the early Neolithic in Aegean Thrace: the use of cores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Albert J. Ammerman ,
Nikos Efstratiou ,
Maria Ntinou ,
Kosmas Pavlopoulos ,
Roberto Gabrielli ,
Kenneth D. Thomas  and
Marcello A. Mannino
Albert J. Ammerman
Affiliation:
Department of the Classics, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York 13346, USA (Email: aammerman@mail.colgate.edu)
Nikos Efstratiou
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece (Email: efstrati@hist.auth.gr)
Maria Ntinou
Affiliation:
Department of Management of Cultural Heritage and Technologies, Ioannina University, Greece (Email: maria.ntinou@uv.es)
Kosmas Pavlopoulos
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geography, Harokopio University, 70 El. Venizelou Street, 17671 Athens, Greece (Email: kpavlop@hua.gr)
Roberto Gabrielli
Affiliation:
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ITABC, PO Box 10, 00016 Monterotondo Stazione (Rome), Italy (Email: roberto.gabrielli@itabc.cnr.it)
Kenneth D. Thomas
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H OPY, UK (Email: tcfa312@ucl.ac.uk)
Marcello A. Mannino
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H OPY, UK (Email: tcfa312@ucl.ac.uk)
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Using a new approach that combines high-quality coring with AMS dating, the authors are mapping the start of the Neolithic in Aegean Thrace – a missing link in the arrival of agriculture in Europe. The method also revealed the edge of the marine transgression dating to some 2900 years ago, implying that sites located near the coast in early Neolithic times have in all likelihood been lost to the sea.

Keywords

NeolithicAegean Thraceradiocarbon datesmarine transgressioncoring
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Research article
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Antiquity , Volume 82 , Issue 315 , March 2008 , pp. 139 - 150
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2008

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