Anna Kotarba-Morley

The Port of Berenike Troglodytica on the Red Sea: A Landscape-Based Approach to the Study of its Harbour and its Role in Indo-Mediterranean Trade

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 03-07-2015

DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2015.1092208

Coastal Subsistence, Maritime Trade, and the Colonization of Small Offshore Islands in Eastern African Prehistory

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 03-05-2016

DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2016.1188334

Port town and its harbors: sedimentary proxies for landscape and seascape reconstruction of the Greco-Roman site of Berenike Trogodytica on the Red Sea coast of Egypt

Publisher: University of Warsaw

Date: 09-07-2018

DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0012.1821

Abstract: Berenike Trog l odytica was one of the key harbours on the Red Sea coast during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods and was a major trade and exchange hub connecting the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. Berenike’s geographical position was extraordinarily propitious owing partly to its natural harbours, protected against the prevailing northern winds, as well as its location in the vicinity of an ancient viewshed, the large peninsula of Ras Benas. This paper discusses how multifaceted geoarchaeological approaches to the study of ancient ports can contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms and logistics of maritime trade, as well as fluctuations in its quality and quantity. It also sheds new light on the significance of the effect that local and regional palaeoclimatic, landscape, seascape and environmental changes had on the development and decline of the port, and its changing role within the Red Sea–Indian Ocean maritime network.

Affad 23: Settlement structures and palaeoenvironments in the Terminal Pleistocene of the Middle Nile Valley, Sudan

Publisher: Antiquity Publications

Date: 19-07-2016

DOI: 10.15184/AQY.2016.110

Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Kiribati

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Date: 07-11-2019

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_3483-1

Use of Zanzibar copal (Hymenaea verrucosa Gaertn.) as incense at Unguja Ukuu, Tanzania in the 7–8th century CE: chemical insights into trade and Indian Ocean interactions

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2015

DOI: 10.1016/J.JAS.2014.10.008

Impact of climate change and human activity on soil landscapes over the past 12,300 years

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Date: 10-01-2018

DOI: 10.1038/S41598-017-18603-4

Abstract: Soils are key to ecosystems and human societies, and their critical importance requires a better understanding of how they evolve through time. However, identifying the role of natural climate change versus human activity (e.g. agriculture) on soil evolution is difficult. Here we show that for most of the past 12,300 years soil erosion and development were impacted differently by natural climate variability, as recorded by sediments deposited in Lake Dojran (Macedonia/Greece): short-lived ( 1,000 years) climatic shifts had no effect on soil development but impacted soil erosion. This decoupling disappeared between 3,500 and 3,100 years ago, when the sedimentary record suggests an unprecedented erosion event associated with the development of agriculture in the region. Our results show unambiguously how differently soils evolved under natural climate variability (between 12,300 and 3,500 years ago) and later in response to intensifying human impact. The transition from natural to anthropogenic landscape started just before, or at, the onset of the Greek ‘Dark Ages’ (~3,200 cal yr BP). This could represent the earliest recorded sign of a negative feedback between civilization and environmental impact, where the development of agriculture impacted soil resources, which in turn resulted in a slowdown of civilization expansion.

Coastal landscape changes at Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 27-02-2022

DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2022.2030441

The Maritime Context of the Trans-Mediterranean—Indian Ocean Trade: Critical Review of Roman Era Vessels of the Red Sea

Publisher: BRILL

Date: 2017

DOI: 10.1163/9789004330825_010

Iron Age agriculture, fishing and trade in the Mafia Archipelago, Tanzania: new evidence from Ukunju Cave

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 02-01-2014

DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2013.878104

Macquarie University

Location: Australia

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Flinders University

Location: Australia

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University Of Oxford

Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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University Of Wollongong

Location: Australia

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University Of Oxford

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Special Research Initiatives - Grant ID: SR200200900

Start Date: 04-2021

End Date: 12-2024

Amount: $277,224.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP210300105

Start Date: 11-2023

End Date: 11-2026

Amount: $595,161.00

Funder: Australian Research Council