With ever more inhibited programmes of excavation, new methods of site survey are always
welcome. Here a soil geomorphologist joins forces with archaeologists to read the history of
limestone blocks exposed on the surface at sites in southern Greece. Rillenkarren for example are
vertical grooves caused by rainfall on stones that remained for long periods in the same place.
These and other observations showed that what looked like clearance cairns had in fact been piled
up in the Early Bronze Age and led in turn to the definition of a new type of settlementKeywords: fortifications, stone cairns, karst geomorphology, Greece, Early Bronze AgeKeywords: fortifications, stone cairns, karst geomorphology, Greece, Early Bronze Ag
