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The Climate, Environment and Industries of Stone Age Greece: Part II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2014

E. S. Higgs  and
C. Vita-Finzi
E. S. Higgs
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, Cambridge
C. Vita-Finzi
Affiliation:
University College, London
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In 1965 the investigations described in the first paper of the series were resumed in Epirus. The excavation of the rock shelter of Asprochaliko was continued, and further geological observations made it possible to establish a continental sequence extending from the Last Interglacial to the present day.

The geological succession and its associated artifacts was worked out in the Louros valley (fig. 1) and confirmed in other parts of Epirus. It consists of the following three main formations:

3. Valley-floor Alluvium (pl. 1, upper). 2. Red Beds. 1. Tufa.

There are also extensive sheets of unconsolidated scree on the valley sides, as Hey has noted. These overlie the Red Beds, but as their relationship to the Valley-floor Alluvium is not known, and as the extent of contemporary scree formation (if any) is not yet clear, they cannot at this stage be placed in the succession.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 32 , December 1966 , pp. 1 - 29
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1966

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