An Under?Recognised Geoarchaeological Heritage Asset in Turkey: Dana Island, Mersin
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Tarih
2021
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Dergi ISSN
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Yayıncı
Springer
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Carbonate eolianites on Turkey’s 8333-km long coastline are extremely rare occurrences. Following pioneering studies at
Bozcaada Island and Şile on the Aegean and Black Sea coasts, respectively, a new eolian geosite was recently found on
Dana Island, an archaeological conservation area on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. The eolianite, which was probably
formed in a warm interglacial phase during Late Quaternary, is biogenic calcarenite in composition and contains a thick
paleosol and well-preserved rhizoliths as root cast structures. As well as being a geological inheritance, the fact that eolianites
are interbedded with very rare hard carbonate-cemented slope debris (colluvium) and both units are home to possibly the
largest rock-cut ancient shipyard in the Eastern Mediterranean makes the island a unique geoarchaeological example with
immense potential. These geological and archaeological heritage elements on Dana Island are sufcient evidence to identify
the eolianites as a geoarchaeological heritage.
Açıklama
Anahtar Kelimeler
Geoarchaeological Heritage, Eolianite, Shipyard, Dana Island, Rough Cilicia, Turkey
Kaynak
Geoheritage
WoS Q Değeri
Q3
Scopus Q Değeri
Cilt
13
Sayı
4
Künye
Erginal, A. E., Öniz, H., Erenoğlu, O., & Sarıaltun, S. (2021). An Under-Recognised Geoarchaeological Heritage Asset in Turkey: Dana Island, Mersin. Geoheritage, 13(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-021-00618-z
