Παλαιολιθικές έρευνες στη νοτιοδυτική Κέρκυρα
Part of : Αρχαιολογικά ανάλεκτα εξ Αθηνών ; Vol.39, No.1, 2006, pages 11-30
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Palaeolithic research on south-west Corfu
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Αρχαιολογικά χρονικά
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A test excavation was conducted at the Korissia lagoon, in south-west Corfu, after a rhino jaw was found in the Pleistocene deposits of the area. The Pleistocene formation, 5-7 m. thick, consists of alternating terrestrial/coastal and lagoonal/swamp layers, as a result of the fluctuation of the level of the sea and the lagoon respectively. According to the results of this investigation the formation is dated to the penultimate glaciation and last interglacial. Archaeological remains were identified in all terrestrial (or coastal) layers, but the lagoonal were sterile. The archaeological material comprises mainly lithic artifacts, as well as strongly weathered, unidentifiable animal bone remains. Most of the remains are not in situ finds, but represent secondary accumulations after erosion of older deposits. The lithic artifact assemblages found in the different layers are small and fairly unhomogeneous. Based on their state of preservation, it is suggested that they derive from different parental formations. Very few of them seem to be in situ finds. The most carefully prepared are assigned to a Middle Palaeolithic lithic technology and include products of the Levallois method.
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