In ancient Greece, Tjeered van Andel and co-writers summarized three regional studies of historic erosion and alluviation and found that, wherever adequate evidence exists, a major phase of erosion follows, by about 500-1,000 years the introduction of farming in the various regions of Greece, ranging from the later Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age.
Vključevale so znano Langdale industrijo sekir v English Lake okolišu, kamnolome razvite v Penmaenmawr na Severnem Wales-u in mnogo ostalih lokacij.