Ancient earthquakes

Geological Society of America

2010

xiii, 279 pages

GSA Special papers ; 471

9780813724713

Dynamic landscapes and human evolution / Geoffrey C.P. King and Geoffrey N. Bailey --Tectonic environments of ancient civilizations : opportunities for archaeoseismological and anthropological studies / Eric R. Force and Bruce G. McFadgen --Door knockers of Mansurah : strong shaking in a region of low perceived seismic risk, Sindh, Pakistan / Roger Bilham and Sarosh Lodi --San Antonio de Mucuñó, Mérida Andes, Venezuela : relocation of a doctrine town following the 1674 earthquake / Jaime Laffaille, Franck Audemard M., and Miguel Alvarado --New interpretations of the social and material impacts of the 1812 earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela / Rogelio Altez --Impact of the 1157 and 1170 Syrian earthquakes on Crusader--Muslim politics and military affairs / Kate Raphael --Western Crete : from Captain Spratt to modern archaeoseismology / Manolis I. Stefanakis --Earthquake archaeology in Japan : an overview / Gina L. Barnes --Historical earthquake catalogues and archaeological data : achieving synthesis without circular reasoning / John D. Rucker and Tina M. Niemi --Historical earthquakes in Srinagar, Kashmir : clues from the Shiva Temple at Pandrethan / Roger Bilham [and others] --Earthquakes and civilizations of the Indus Valley : a challenge for archaeoseismology / Robert L. Kovach, Kelly Grijalva, and Amos Nur --Comparing semiquantitative logic trees for archaeoseismology and paleoseismology : the Baelo Claudia (southern Spain) case study / Christoph Grützner, Klaus Reicherter, and Pablo G. Silva --Long-term effect of seismic activities on archaeological remains : a test study from Zakynthos, Greece / Melek Tendürüs, Gert Jan van Wijngaarden, and Henk Kars --Assessment of seismically induced damage using LIDAR : the ancient city of Pinara (SW Turkey) as a case study / Bariș Yerli [and others] --Ancient earthquakes from archaeoseismic evidence during the Visigothic and Islamic periods in the archaeological site of "Tolmo de Minateda" (SE Spain) / M.A. Rodríguez-Pascua [and others] --Distinguishing damages from two earthquakes --archaeoseismology of a Crusader castle (Al-Marqab citadel, Syria) / Miklós Kázmér and Balázs Major --Archaeoseismological studies at the temple of Amenhotep III, Luxor, Egypt / Arkadi Karakhanyan, Ara Avagyan, and Hourig Sourouzian --Archaeological evidence for Roman-age faulting in central-northern Sicily : possible effects of coseismic deformation / Giovanni Barreca [and others] --Faulting of the Roman aqueduct of Venafrum (southern Italy) : methods of investigation, results, and seismotectonic implications / Paolo A.C. Galli [and others] --Timing of earthquake ruptures at the Al Harif Roman aqueduct (Dead Sea fault, Syria) from archaeoseismology and paleoseismology / Mohamed Reda Sbeinati . [and others] --Offset archaeological relics in the western part of the Büyük Menderes graben (western Turkey) and their tectonic implications / Önder Yönlü [and others]

This book is complete and thorough. Its contents discuss: Understanding Earthquakes in the Ancient World, Historical Earthquakes and Their Societal Impact, Commentaries and Perspectives on Archeoseismological Research and Practices in Archeoseismology. It contains much data using maps, diagrams and abstracts of papers on the subject.

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