The Geoarchaeology of Utica, Tunisia: The Paleogeography of the Mejerda Delta and Hypotheses Concerning the Location of the Ancient Harbor

Delile, Hugo; Abichou, Abdelhakim; Gadhoum, Ahmed; Goiran, Jean‐Philippe; Pleuger, Élisa; Monchambert, Jean‐Yves; Wilson, Andrew; Fentress, Elizabeth; Crawley Quinn, Josephine; Ben Jerbania, Imed; Ghozzi, Faouzi

doi:10.1002/gea.21514

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The Geoarchaeology of Utica, Tunisia: The Paleogeography of the Mejerda Delta and Hypotheses Concerning the Location of the Ancient Harbor

Published in Geoarchaeology • Jun 22, 2015

Authors:

Hugo Delile

Abdelhakim Abichou

Ahmed Gadhoum

Abstract

Although the ancient site of Utica has been studied since the 19th century, the location of its harbors remains unresolved as they were buried under sediments as the Mejerda delta prograded and left Utica 10 km inland. Using relief data and a coring survey with sedimentological analysis, we identify...

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Radiocarbon dating

Delta

Coring

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