Delos Main Harbor
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 25, 2023 08:24 PM
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History
Recent geophysical investigation and analysis have led to a new reconstruction of the main harbor of Delos ca. 100 BCE that identifies a shallow-draft (1-2m) harbor with broad beach area significantly different from the modern situation. Infill of wetland areas for construction in antiquity, combined with contemporary and subsequent sea level rise, dredging, and modern interventions have all contributed to the coastline change.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/93346604
37.3999412444, 25.2653521649
- Representative Locations:
- Plan location: reconstructed high tide line (100 BC - 1 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- Plan location: reconstructed low tide line (100 BC - 1 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Delos Main Harbor located at Delos (settlement) (100 BC - 1 BC)
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harbor, coast, shore
- See Further:
Pleiades
Tom Elliott, 'Delos Main Harbor: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/93346604> [accessed: 03 December 2024]
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