The protected Tel-Dor coastal embayment in the eastern Mediterranean preserves an unusually complete stratigraphic record that reveals human–environmental interactions throughout the Holocene. Interpretation of new seismic profiles collected from shallow marine geophysical transects across the bay show five seismic units were correlated with stratigraphy and age dates obtained from coastal and shallow-marine sediment cores. This stratigraphic framework permits a detailed reconstruction of the coastal system over the last ca. 77 ka as well as an assessment of environmental factors that influenced some dimensions of past coastal societies. The base of the boreholes records lowstand aeolian deposits overlain by wetland sediments that were subsequently flooded by the mid-Holocene transgression. The earliest human settlements are submerged Pottery Neolithic (8.25–7 ka) structures and tools, found immediately above the wetland deposits landward of a submerged aeolianite ridge at the mouth of the bay. The wetland deposits and Pottery Neolithic settlement remains are buried by coastal sand that records a middle Holocene sea-level rise ca. 7.6–6.5 ka. Stratigraphic and geographic relationships suggest that these coastal communities were displaced by sea-level transgression. These findings demonstrate how robust integration of different data sets can be used to reconstruct the geomorphic evolution of coastal settings as well as provide an important addition to the nature of human–landscape interaction and cultural development.

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以色列多尔浅海沿岸地区更新世至全新世早期的环境变化和人类互动

位于地中海东部的受保护的特尔多海岸海湾保存着异常完整的地层记录，揭示了整个全新世人类与环境的相互作用。对从整个海湾浅海地球物理样带收集的新地震剖面的解释表明，五个地震单元与从沿海和浅海沉积岩芯获得的地层学和年龄日期相关。这种地层框架允许对过去约 20 年的海岸系统进行详细重建。77 ka 以及对影响过去沿海社会某些方面的环境因素的评估。钻孔底部记录了被湿地沉积物覆盖的低位风成沉积物，这些沉积物随后被全新世中期海侵淹没。最早的人类住区是水下陶器新石器时代（8.25-7 ka）结构和工具，发现于海湾口水下风尘岩脊向陆的湿地沉积物上方。湿地沉积物和陶器新石器时代的定居遗迹被沿海沙子掩埋，记录了中全新世海平面上升约。7.6–6.5 卡。地层和地理关系表明，这些沿海社区因海平面海侵而流离失所。这些研究结果表明，不同数据集的稳健整合如何可用于重建沿海环境的地貌演变，并为人与景观相互作用和文化发展的性质提供重要补充。直接在湿地沉积物上方发现，位于海湾口的水下风积岩脊的陆地上。湿地沉积物和陶器新石器时代的定居遗迹被沿海沙子掩埋，记录了中全新世海平面上升约。7.6–6.5 卡。地层和地理关系表明，这些沿海社区因海平面海侵而流离失所。这些研究结果表明，不同数据集的稳健整合如何可用于重建沿海环境的地貌演变，并为人与景观相互作用和文化发展的性质提供重要补充。直接在湿地沉积物上方发现，位于海湾口的水下风积岩脊的陆地上。湿地沉积物和陶器新石器时代的定居遗迹被沿海沙子掩埋，记录了中全新世海平面上升约。7.6–6.5 卡。地层和地理关系表明，这些沿海社区因海平面海侵而流离失所。这些研究结果表明，不同数据集的稳健整合如何可用于重建沿海环境的地貌演变，并为人与景观相互作用和文化发展的性质提供重要补充。地层和地理关系表明，这些沿海社区因海平面海侵而流离失所。这些研究结果表明，不同数据集的稳健整合如何可用于重建沿海环境的地貌演变，并为人与景观相互作用和文化发展的性质提供重要补充。地层和地理关系表明，这些沿海社区因海平面海侵而流离失所。这些研究结果表明，不同数据集的稳健整合如何可用于重建沿海环境的地貌演变，并为人与景观相互作用和文化发展的性质提供重要补充。