
Investigations of past erosional and sedimentological process at the Roman and Byzantine site of Sparta
Author(s) -
K. N. Wilkinson
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
papers from the institute of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2041-9015
pISSN - 0965-9315
DOI - 10.5334/pia.49
Subject(s) - acropolis , archaeology , excavation , byzantine architecture , geology , history
The chance to apply a series of sedimentological techniques in order to answer specific site formational problems relating to a site dating from the Hellenistic and later periods, presented the opportunity to test various sedimentological techniques currently used in northern Europe and to see how useful they are in the Mediterranean environment. The site in question was the acropolis at Sparta, in the Laconia province of the Peloponnese, where excavations have been conducted under the auspices of the British School at Athens since 1989