Paleogeographical Reconstruction and Management Challenges of an Archaeological Site Listed by UNESCO: Case of the Plain of Xanthos and Letoon (Turkey)

Eric Fouache; Emilie Ecochard; Catherine Kuzucuoglu; Nathalie Carcaud; Mehmet Ekmekci; Inan Ulusoy; Attila Ciner; Laurence Cavalier; Jacques Des Courtils

doi:10.1007/s12583-010-0222-x

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Paleogeographical Reconstruction and Management Challenges of an Archaeological Site Listed by UNESCO: Case of the Plain of Xanthos and Letoon (Turkey)

Eric Fouache ¹ Emilie Ecochard ² Catherine Kuzucuoglu ² Nathalie Carcaud ³ Mehmet Ekmekci ⁴ Inan Ulusoy ⁵ Attila Ciner ⁴ Laurence Cavalier ^{6, 7} Jacques Des Courtils ^{6, 7}

1 GECKO - Laboratoire de Géographie Comparée des Suds et des Nords

2 LGP - Laboratoire de géographie physique : Environnements Quaternaires et Actuels

3 PAYSAGE - Unité Paysage et Ecologie

4 Département d'hydrogéologie, Université Hacettepe

5 Lund University [Lund]

6 Ausonius-Institut de recherche sur l'Antiquité et le Moyen âge

7 LASCARBX - LabEx Sciences archéologiques de Bordeaux

Abstract : The article focuses on a reconstruction of the environmental evolution of the archaeological sites of Xanthos and Letoon in Turkey. During the Hellenistic period, Xanthos was an ancient Lycian city situated on a rocky promontory on the left side of the Xanthe River. It notes Letton's continued struggle against gradual sinking under the alluvial deposits. It also notes the important role of the end plain in the development of the sites and its current appearance from an environmental context.

Keywords : sea geochemistry santorini tephra

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Life Sciences [q-bio] / Agricultural sciences / Agriculture, economy and politics

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