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- PublicationRestrictedLocation of the ancient Tindari harbour from geoarchaeological investigations (NE Sicily)(2009)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;Bottari, C.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia ;D'Amico, M.; Osservatorio Sismologico, Università di Messina, Italy ;Maugeri, M.; Osservatorio Sismologico, Università di Messina, Italy ;Bottari, A.; Osservatorio Sismologico, Università di Messina, Italy ;D'Addezio, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia ;Privitera, B.; Provincia Regionale di Messina, Italy ;Tigano, G.; Soprintendenza Beni Culturali ed Ambientali di Messina, Servizio Archeologico, Italy; ; ; ; ; ; In the Greek and Roman periods, the fortified town of Tindari’s military and trading importance combined with its strategic location in north-east Sicily allowed it to control traffic on the Tyrrhenian Sea for many centuries. Historical sources (Polybius, Cicero, Livy and Appian) testify to the flourishing maritime activity of the ancient town, but do not supply any information on the location, size or configuration of its harbour. Because a town as important as Tindari must have had a landing place for ships, we examined new sources of information with the aim of identifying its location. Historiographical and archaeological surveys produced evidence of a well-organised harbour. Geomorphological investigations, performed along the Tindari Promontory, identified Holocene uplifted and submerged notches indicating past sea level changes. Furthermore, it was found that in the last four centuries the combined actions of marine and fluvial dynamics had produced a progressive filling of the Oliveri lowland and a progradation of the shoreline, which was responsible for the burial of ancient buildings. The palaeotopographic reconstruction of the Tindari Cape Promontory and Oliveri coastal plain in the 4th century BC shows a safe landing place south-east of the Tindari Cape that was suitably protected from prevailing winds.344 35 - PublicationOpen AccessGeological Evidence of Paleotsunamis at Torre degli Inglesi (northeast Sicily)(2008)
; ; ; ; ; ;Pantosti, D.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia ;Barbano, M. S.; Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università di Catania ;Smedile, A.; Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università di Catania ;De Martini, P. M.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia ;Tigano, G.; Soprintendenza Beni Culturali ed Ambientali di Messina, Sezione Archeologica; ; ; ; Two layers of fine sand of marine origin occur in a sequence of organic rich colluvia in an archaeological excavation at Torre degli Inglesi, on Capo Peloro, northeast Sicily. Stratigraphic and micropaleontologic analyses support the hypothesis that these layers are related to deposition due to paleotsunami waves. Their ages are constrained both with radiocarbon and archaeological datings. The age of the oldest layer is coincident with the 17 A.D. earthquake that hit Reggio Calabria but for which no tsunami was previously reported. The age of the youngest layer can be only constrained in the range 3rd– 19th century and is tentatively associated to the 6 Feb. 1783 event.209 388