Large earthquakes in the Katun Fault zone (Gorny Altai): Paleoseismological and archaeoseismological evidence

E Deev, I Turova, A Borodovskiy, I Zolnikov… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Paleoseismological and archaeoseismological research in the Katun Fault zone in Gorny
Altai reveals soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDS) in Late Quaternary sediments that …

Chemical, Mineralogical and Mechanical characterization of ancient roman concrete and Mortar: A review

K Cuevas, D Wendland, F Winnefeld… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Roman concrete is one of the most fascinating materials ever invented by humankind.
Understanding the historical context and details of the production of ancient Roman …

A novel view of the destruction of Pompeii during the 79 CE eruption of Vesuvius (Italy): syn-eruptive earthquakes as an additional cause of building collapse and …

D Sparice, V Amoretti, F Galadini, MA Di Vito… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The ancient city of Pompeii, destroyed by the 79 CE Plinian eruption of Vesuvius, is one of
the most famous archaeological sites worldwide and an open-air laboratory for many …

28th September 2018 Mw 7.5 Sulawesi Supershear Earthquake, Indonesia: Ground effects and macroseismic intensity estimation using ESI-2007 scale

SP Naik, A Mohanty, V Sotiris, H Mittal, S Porfido… - Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The 28th September 2018 Sulawesi Supershear earthquake (MW 7.5) was one of
the deadliest earthquakes in the recent history of Indonesia causing∼ 4000 causalities. The …

Fifteen years of Environmental Seismic Intensity (ESI-07) scale: Dataset compilation and insights from empirical regressions

MF Ferrario, F Livio, AM Michetti - Quaternary International, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Environmental Seismic Intensity scale (ESI-07), published 15 years ago under
the umbrella of INQUA (International Union for Quaternary Research), is solely based on …

Monumental articulated ancient Greek and Roman columns and temples and earthquakes: archaeological, historical, and engineering approaches

SC Stiros - Journal of seismology, 2020 - Springer
Structural analyses indicate that monumental articulated ancient Greek and Roman (MAGR)
columns and temples have a very particular seismic response, differing from rigid structures …

Recovering a lost seismic disaster. The destruction of El Castillejo and the discovery of the earliest historic earthquake affecting the Granada region (Spain)

P Forlin, K Reicherter, CM Gerrard, I Bailiff… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
This paper discusses recent archaeological fieldwork conducted at El Castillejo, a medieval
Islamic settlement in Los Guájares, Granada, southern Spain. Results from combined …

[BOK][B] Script and Society: The social context of writing practices in Late Bronze Age Ugarit

PJ Boyes - 2021 - library.oapen.org
By the 13th century BC, the Syrian city of Ugarit hosted an extremely diverse range of writing
practices. As well as two main scripts–alphabetic and logographic cuneiform-the site has …

The geoarchaeology of seismically triggered soft sediment deformation structures (SSDS)

AM Gaggioli - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Previous approaches to earthquakes in archaeology, characterizing the geoarchaeological
subfield archaeoseismology, have focused on types of seismic destructions and anti-seismic …

Waterlogged plant remains from the Roman healing spa of Aquae Flaviae (Chaves, Portugal): Utilitarian objects, timber, fruits and seeds

FC Vaz, M Martín-Seijo, S Carneiro, JP Tereso - Quaternary International, 2016 - Elsevier
More than 3500 individual pieces of waterlogged archaeobotanical remains were found in
the excavation of the Roman healing spa of Aquae Flaviae (Chaves, Portugal), carried out …