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Active tectonics and land-use strategies: a Palaeolithic example from northwest Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Geoff Bailey ,
Geoff King  and
Derek Sturdy
Geoff Bailey
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, England
Geoff King
Affiliation:
Institut de Physique du Globe, rue René Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg, France
Derek Sturdy
Affiliation:
Institute of Prehistoric Sciences & Archaeology, PO Box 147, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, England
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Abstract

Tectonic movements – continuously re-moulding the surface of the earth over the inexorable activity of underlying plate motions – are rarely taken into account when assessing landscape change, except as an exotic hazard to human life or a temporary disruption in longer-term trends. Active tectonics also create and sustain landscapes that can be beneficial to human survival. The tectonic history of northwest Greece shows Palaeolithic sites located to take advantage of tectonically created features at both local and regional scales.

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Antiquity , Volume 67 , Issue 255 , June 1993 , pp. 292 - 312
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1993

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