Der Fluss Sarno

Schnittstelle in der Entwicklung der Küstenregion Pompejis zwischen Umweltbedingungen und Siedlungsdynamiken

Abstract

The study aims at analysing human–environment interrelations using the example of the river Sarno, which drains the basin south of Mt. Somma-Vesuvius. It starts with an overview of the environmental and geomorphological transformation of its estuary from prehistoric times to the burial of the landscape by the eruption in A.D. 79. The diachronic point of view casts light on the lasting effects of the changing topography such as the progradation of both the coastline and the estuary on human activities. It is shown how far the navigable river Sarno, as an interface and artery, influenced the socio-economic development of the region in all periods, especially in the last centuries as Pompeii controlled the harbour at its mouth.