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'He Went Down to Joppa and Found a Ship Going to Tarshish' (Jonah 1:3): Landscape Reconstruction at Jaffa and a Potential Early Harbour.
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International Journal of Nautical Archaeology . Dec2022, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p267-303. 37p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Recent excavations of Tel Yafo (Jaffa), Israel, underscore its role as an historically important Mediterranean port. In 2014, the Ioppa Maritima Project conducted a geological investigation determining that from ca. 5000–2000 years BP, a small estuarine system existed east and north of Tel Yafo that could have served as a harbour. The marine re-entrant formed through sea-level rise and flooding of a small valley, and the stream mouth was probably also partially blocked by coastal sands. Sediment aggradation, wetland development, and anthropogenic activity largely filled the embayment leaving only a depression east of Tel Yafo in the area of Bloomfield Stadium and Groningen Park. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *HARBORS
*ABSOLUTE sea level change
*SHIPS
*UNDERWATER archaeology
*SAND
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10572414
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161936677
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10572414.2022.2148819