Using archaeological and geomorphological evidence for the establishment of a relative chronology and evolution pattern for Holocene landslides.

ABSTRACT: Hilly regions around the world are one of the most vulnerable places for inhabitation, where landslides represent a permanent threat for their population. In some particular cases, in the past, due to their topographic features, areas affected by massive landslides served a real opportunity for the location of strategic and fortified settlements. In this study, we have extended a previous approach of correlation between landslides and archaeological heritage, adding 14 new representative case studies of landslided hillforts, a new period with landslided hillforts, and a new typology of relationship (landslided tumuli) for establishing relative chronologies for landslide inventories. The landslide mapping presented here supplements a previous inventory, which now has 1211 landslides, and it

SUBMITTER: Niculita M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6938354 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature