Starke, Joris; Schütt, Brigitta; Nykamp, Moritz; Busch, Robert; Doğan, M; Becker, Fabian (2025): Sediment analyses (pH, electrical conductivity, mag. susceptibility, loss on ignition, remission and pXRF) and radiocarbon ages from the Araplı catchment in the Pergamon Micro-Region, western Turkey [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.983469
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Published: 2025-08-19 • DOI registered: 2025-09-17
Abstract:
The dataset was collected from seven sediment cores along a transect spanning the Araplı alluvial fan, east of ancient Pergamon, in the eastern lower Bakırçay plain, Pergamon micro-region, Türkiye. The cores were taken, described, sampled, and analyzed in the field and at the Bergama excavation house in October 2023. The soil description was conducted after Schoeneberger et al. (2002). Sediment samples were taken at irregular intervals and orientated along layer boundaries; samples include 3 cm of sediment in fine earth and 5 cm in gravelly material. Reported sample depths are simplified and given by their mean depth. Samples (n = 293) were analyzed for pH value, electrical conductivity, gravel content (sieve separate < 2 mm and > 2 mm), remission (sediment color using a spectrophotometer), loss on ignition (LOI, at 550 °C and 900 °C) after Dean (1974), mass-specific magnetic susceptibility (calculated according to Dearing, 1994), and element composition (portable energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence). Results of radiocarbon dating of samples taken from the cores are included.
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Starke, Joris; Doğan, M; Ludwig, B; Nykamp, Moritz; Schütt, Brigitta; Becker, Fabian (2025): Alluvial fan development mirrors settlement dynamics in the peri-urban surroundings of ancient Pergamon, western Türkiye. Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42990-025-00180-8
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Dean, Walter E (1974): Determination of Carbonate and Organic Matter in Calcareous Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks by Loss on Ignition: Comparison With Other Methods. Journal of Sedimentary Research, Vol. 44, https://doi.org/10.1306/74D729D2-2B21-11D7-8648000102C1865D
Dearing, John A (1994): Environmental Magnetic Susceptibility: Using the Bartington MS2 System. Chi Publishing
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Starke, Joris; Schütt, Brigitta; Nykamp, Moritz; Busch, Robert; Doğan, M; Becker, Fabian (2025): Sediment analyses from the Araplı catchment - dataset. Starke_et-al_2025_Ara.zip
Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 419349690: The Transformation of the Micro-region Pergamon between the Hellenistic Period and the Roman Imperial Age
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 39.143686 * Median Longitude: 27.255077 * South-bound Latitude: 39.135460 * West-bound Longitude: 27.246915 * North-bound Latitude: 39.152122 * East-bound Longitude: 27.263496
Date/Time Start: 2023-10-02T09:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-10-07T11:00:00
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- Starke, J; Schütt, B; Nykamp, M et al. (2025): Radiocarbon age of seven cores from the Araplı catchment in the Pergamon Micro-Region, western Turkey. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.983486
- Starke, J; Schütt, B; Nykamp, M et al. (2025): Sediment analyses (pH, electrical conductivity, mag. susceptibility, loss on ignition, remission) from the Araplı catchment in the Pergamon Micro-Region, western Turkey. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.983485
- Starke, J; Schütt, B; Nykamp, M et al. (2025): Sediment analyses (pXRF) from the Araplı catchment in the Pergamon Micro-Region, western Turkey. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.983484