8000 years ago in the Caucasus: the most ancient structures of water flood management
Geomorphological analyses have revealed the most ancient infrastructures of water management, dated 8000 years ago, at the Georgian Neolithic site Gadachrili Gora (Caucasus).
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The Gadachrili Gora site, water management structures [Credit: Vincent Ollivier] |
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The Gadachrili Gora site, its canals and stratigraphy of the water management structures [Credit: Vincent Ollivier] |
A multidisciplinary team associating a past vegetation team (UMR 7209 du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris) and radiocarbon dating as well as stable isotopes specialists (LSCE UMR 8212, Université Versailles St Quentin) allowed to perform a detailed reconstruction of the landscape and societies evolution in this Caucasus region.
The findings are published in Quaternary Science Reviews.
Source: CNRS [September 27, 2018]
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