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Geomorphology

Geomorphology, Speleology and Sea Level Changes

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T. Whitelaw, "Settlement Instability and Landscape Degradation in the Southern Aegean in the Third Millennium B.C.," in P. Halstead and C. Frederick (eds.), Landscape and Land Use in Postglacial Greece [Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology 3] (Sheffield  2000) 135-161.

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E. Zangger, “Prehistoric and Historic Soils in Greece: Assessing the Natural Resources for Agriculture,” in B. Wells (ed.),  Agriculture in Ancient Greece (Stockholm 1992) 13-20.

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E. Zangger, "Landscape Changes around Tiryns during the Bronze Age," AJA 98(1994) 189-212.

E. Zangger, "Prehistoric Earthquakes and their Consequences, as Preserved in Holocene Sediments from Volos and Argos, Greece," in S. Stiros and R. E. Jones (eds.), Archaeoseismology [Fitch Laboratory Occasional Paper 7] (Exeter 1996) 245-249.

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