postglacial

Rome in its setting. Post-glacial aggradation history of the Tiber river alluvial deposits and tectonic origin of the Tiber Island

The Tiber valley is a prominent feature in the landscape of ancient Rome and an important element for understanding its urban development. However, little is known about the city’s original setting. Our research provides new data on the Holocene sedimentary history and human-environment interactions in the Forum Boarium, the location of the earliest harbor
of the city. Since the Last Glacial Maximum, when the fluvial valley was incised to a depth

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