Ostia is one of the most extensively excavated cities of the Roman period. The port-city of
Rome, which today lies 4 km from the coastline, was established in a very constrained …

The renowned Phoenician city of Tyre was settled on a small coastal island from which it
resisted invasions and sieges for centuries. In 332 BCE, the city was taken when Alexander …

It is now universally accepted that utilization of lead for domestic purposes and water
distribution presents a major health hazard. The ancient Roman world was unaware of these …

To the northwest of the ancient city of Ostia, the analysis of cores revealed a stratigraphic
sequence, which we interpret as the filling of a harbour basin. This basin, located at the west …

During the past millennia, many erosion and accumulation processes have been modified
by anthropogenic impact. This holds especially true for the environs of ancient settlements …

The present study is a review of the archaeobotanical analyses carried out in the last
decade at the three ancient Roman port/dock system sites of Pisae, Portus, and Neapolis …

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 …

We examine three fundamental changes in river systems induced by innovations of the
biosphere, these being:(1) the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis;(2) the development of …

From the 1st century AD and for the duration of the Roman Empire, the Portus complex was
the main harbor of Rome. Its location on the Tiber delta next to the Tyrrhenian Sea produced …

Over the last 20 years, the geoarchaeology of ancient harbours has been a very active area
of research around the Mediterranean basin, generating much palaeoenvironmental data …