Destruction, Abandonment, Reoccupation

doi:10.1017/9781108850292.003

Two - Destruction, Abandonment, Reoccupation

What Microstratigraphy and Micromorphology Tell Us

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 September 2021

Panagiotis Karkanas

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Sylvian Fachard and

Edward M. Harris

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Sylvian Fachard: Affiliation:
University of Lausanne
Edward M. Harris: Affiliation:
University of Durham

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The chapter discusses the contribution of microstratigraphy and micromorphology to the study of destruction layers in archaeology.

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destruction layers micromorphology microstratigraphy archaeological science

Type: Chapter
Information: The Destruction of Cities in the Ancient Greek World
Integrating the Archaeological and Literary Evidence
, pp. 34 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108850292.003 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2021

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