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Palaeogeographic reconstruction of the Heraion–Vouliagmeni Lake coast since Early Helladic times1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

S. C. Stiros
S. C. Stiros
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploitation (IGME), Athens
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Abstract

The morphology of the Vouliagmeni Lake and Perachora coasts is the result of seismic uplifts with a cumulative amplitude of 3–4 m in the last 6,000 years; there is also evidence of a transient seismic subsidence at around 5,000 BP. These results are consistent with excavation data indicating a seismic destruction of an EH I site followed by land subsidence. This led to the abandonment of the site, which was reoccupied when the land was uplifted again.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 90 , November 1995 , pp. 17 - 21
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1995

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