One of the key tasks in archaeoseismology is to test whether the recorded building damage
in ancient cities can be related to ancient earthquakes. Archaeologists often claim …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the common techniques used on-land to collect
field data in most paleoseismic investigations, regardless of the tectonic setting. The …

The main objective of this paper was to introduce the Environmental Seismic Intensity scale
(ESI), a new scale developed and tested by an interdisciplinary group of scientists …

Paleoseismic and archaeological records of the Kachchh Rift Basin (KRB) of western India
indicates that the region become tectonically active during the period of Middle to Late …

In last 500 years, Kachchh experienced several large magnitude earthquakes (6.0≥ M≤
7.8), however, not all accompanied surface rupture. The 1819 Allah Bund earthquake (Mw7 …

Reflecting on the burgeoning scientific discipline of archaeoseismology, a clear trend can be
discerned. What started as an “extravaganza” in a good story (archaeological perspective) …

The ancient destructive capability of earthquake faults is well chronicled by historians and
their cultural impact widely uncovered by archaeologists. Archaeological and geological …

Damages from two major earthquakes are identified in medieval Al-Marqab citadel (Latin:
Margat) in coastal Syria. Built by the Order of St. John (Hospitallers) in the twelfth–thirteenth …

This paper evaluates the application of photogrammetric recording to seismically-affected
archaeological sites from the moment of on-site data acquisition through to the analysis of …

Abstract Late Minoan (LM) IIIB (∼ 1300–1200 BC) represents a crucial period in the history
of Bronze Age Crete, heralding the transition to the Iron Age through a wave of site …