AIPG Texas September Webinar at Noon this Month
The Geology of Western Sicily and its Effect on Iron Age (2800-2600 BP) and Modern Societies
September 12, 2023
Please note the new time!
(10:00 am pacific, 11:00 am mountain, 12:00 pm central, 1:00 pm eastern)
Western Sicily is underlain by African basement upon which is piled a series of thrust sheets (the south-verging Maghrebian Orogenic Belt) containing rocks as young as early Pleistocene. Uplift and large earthquakes continue to the present. Sediment loads of rivers are high, resulting in extensive alluvial plains: these were historically highly malarial, but are now drained and being dewatered by intensive irrigation.
Iron Age settlements were often on the summits of high mountains, as were Arab settlements. At other periods, settlements have clustered in or near the fertile but unhealthy plains.
Presenter: John Berry
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