The Open Anthropology Journal

2010, 3 : 148-152
Published online 2010 July 20. DOI: 10.2174/1874912701003010148
Publisher ID: TOANTHJ-3-148

Tracing the Difference: A Geoarchaeological Approach to the Formation of a Neolithic Tell/Extended Site in Greece

Dimitris Kontogiorgos
Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, Northgate House, Sheffield, UK.

ABSTRACT

This study presents a geoarchaeological investigation conducted in occupation deposits of the Neolithic site at Paliambela, in Northern Greece, which unusually comprises both a low tell and a flat/extended component. The analysis reveals relative sedimentary and stratigraphic similarity between the deposits broadly indicating similarities in the overall formational characteristics between the two parts of the site.

Keywords:

geoarchaeology, site formation processes, Neolithic Tell/Extended site.