dc.contributor.author | Kaniewski, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Marriner, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Morhange, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Vacchi, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Sarti, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Rossi, V | |
dc.contributor.author | Bini, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Pasquinucci, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Allinne, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Otto, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Luce, F | |
dc.contributor.author | Van Campo, E | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-13T12:47:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-08-23 | |
dc.description.abstract | The ancient harbour of Pisa, Portus Pisanus, was one of Italy's most influential seaports for many centuries. Nonetheless, very little is known about its oldest harbour and the relationships between environmental evolution and the main stages of harbour history. The port complex that ensured Pisa's position as an economic and maritime power progressively shifted westwards by coastal progradation, before the maritime port of Livorno was built in the late 16th century AD. The lost port is, however, described in the early 5th century AD as being "a large, naturally sheltered embayment" that hosted merchant vessels, suggesting an important maritime structure with significant artificial infrastructure to reach the city. Despite its importance, the geographical location of the harbour complex remains controversial and its environmental evolution is unclear. To fill this knowledge gap and furnish accurate palaeoenvironmental information on Portus Pisanus, we used bio- and geosciences. Based on stratigraphic data, the area's relative sea-level history, and long-term environmental dynamics, we established that at ~200 BC, a naturally protected lagoon developed and hosted Portus Pisanus until the 5th century AD. The decline of the protected lagoon started at ~1350 AD and culminated ~1500 AD, after which time the basin was a coastal lake. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Support was provided by the Institut Universitaire de France, CLIMSORIENT program, the Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3, the University of Bologna, the University of Pisa, the Labex OT-Med (ANR-11-LABX-393 0061) and A*MIDEX (ANR-11-IDEX-0001-02). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 8, article 11625 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41598-018-29890-w | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/34740 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Springer Nature | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30139960 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2018 The Author(s). Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. | en_GB |
dc.title | Holocene evolution of Portus Pisanus, the lost harbour of Pisa | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2018-11-13T12:47:46Z | |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | en_GB |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Springer Nature via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Scientific Reports | en_GB |