@article {1180,
	title = {Paleoenvironmental evolution and prehistoric human environment, in the embayment of Palamari (Skyros Island, Greece) during Middle-Late Holocene},
	journal = {Quaternary International},
	volume = {216},
	year = {2010},
	note = {Cited By (since 1996):17Export Date: 22 October 2014},
	month = {2010},
	pages = {41 - 53},
	abstract = {<p>Palamari Bay is located on the northeastern coast of Skyros Island (Sporades Islands, Aegean Sea). At the\&nbsp;northern edge of the bay a fortified prehistoric settlement is found, dated between 2800 and 1700 BC\&nbsp;(Early Bronze Age II{\textendash}Middle Bronze Age I). Detailed geomorphological mapping of the coastal alluvial\&nbsp;plain and paleontological, micropaleontological, palynological, sedimentological and micromorphological\&nbsp;studies of the Holocene coastal deposits have been conducted in order to reconstruct the palaeoenvironment\&nbsp;and the landscape evolution of the broader area of Palamari Bay.\&nbsp;Three main sedimentary units were recognized (A, B and C, from oldest to youngest). The lowermost\&nbsp;sedimentary unit A, deposited between before 7500 and 3500 cal BP, consists of sediment deposited\&nbsp;from high to moderate energy fresh water flows with some suspended load fallout in established water\&nbsp;bodies. The microfauna indicates a shallow fresh water environment. However, a tendency to oligohaline\&nbsp;conditions was established gradually. During the same period, the Palamari area was characterized by\&nbsp;open mixed deciduous forests that gradually retreated as a possible consequence of the intensification of\&nbsp;anthropic activity, associated with the settlement of Palamari. Indications of cultivating and grazing\&nbsp;activities in the vicinity of the lagoon were identified, pointing to a strong human presence since the\&nbsp;Neolithic. Between about 6000 and 3500 cal BP, the embayment was a lagoon southeasterly connected to\&nbsp;the sea, therefore sheltered and protected from northeastern winds. The overlying unit B (ca. 3500{\textendash}800 cal BP) is characterized by the dominance of brackish water microfauna, indicating a brackish\&nbsp;stagnant shallow water depositional environment, which was periodically supplied with fresh water\&nbsp;from the surrounding springs. As the result of the continuous sea-level rise during the Late Holocene,\&nbsp;part of the northern headland was submerged. The decline of the Palamari settlement at the time of the\&nbsp;establishment of Unit B might be related to the observed changes that rendered the embayment\&nbsp;a restricted body of water. The uppermost sedimentary unit C corresponds to a backshore environment\&nbsp;dominated by aeolian activity modified by fluvial processes.</p>},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77949491061\&partnerID=40\&md5=a4eef212eac0132020534c2990e922c6},
	author = {Pavlopoulos, K. and Triantaphyllou, M. and Karkanas, P. and Kouli, K. and Syrides, G. and Vouvalidis, K. and Palyvos, N. and Tsourou, T.}
}
