Minoan Earthquakes: Breaking the Myth through Interdisciplinarity

By: JUSSERET, SimonContributor(s): SINTUBIN, ManuelMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Archaeological Sciences ; 5Publication details: Leuven Leuven University Press 2017 Edition: 1stISBN: 9790000000000Subject(s): Archaeology and natural disasters--Greece--Crete | Architecture, Minoan | Crete (Greece)--Antiquities | Earthquakes--Greece--Crete--History | Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece--Crete
Contents:
Table of ContentsList of key abbreviations and definitions11Chronological table15Part 1: Introduction and theoretical backgroundChapter 1'In bulls doth the Earth-Shaker delight' - Introduction to the volumeJan Driessen19Chapter 2Seismological issues of concern for archaeoseismologySusan E. Hough29Chapter 3PalaeoseismologyJames P. McCalpin55Chapter 4 ArchaeoseismologyManuel Sintubin81Chapter 5 Non-invasive techniques in archaeoseismologyChristoph Grützner & Thomas Wiatr95Part 2: Geological and seismotectonic contextChapter 6The geological setting of Crete: an overviewCharalampos Fassoulas135Chapter 7 Earthquake sources and seismotectonics in the area of CreteGerassimos A. Papadopoulos165Chapter 8The palaeoseismological study of capable faults on CreteJack Mason & Klaus Reicherter191Part 3: Minoan archaeoseismologyChapter 9 Archaeoseismological research on Minoan Crete: past and present Simon Jusseret223Chapter 10 An architectural style of openness and mutability as stimulus for the development of an earthquake-resistant building technology at Akrotiri, Thera, and Minoan CreteClairy Palyvou249Chapter 11 Minoan structural systems: earthquake-resistant characteristics. The role of timberEleftheria Tsakanika267Part 4: Case studiesChapter 12 Evidence for three earthquakes at Mochlos in the Neopalatial period, c. 1700-1430 BC Jeffrey S. Soles, Floyd W. McCoy & Rhonda Suka307Chapter 13Punctuation in palatial prehistory: earthquakes as the stratigraphical markers of the 18th-15th centuries BC in central CreteColin F. Macdonald327Chapter 14 Man the measure: earthquakes as depositional agents in Minoan Crete Tim Cunningham359Part 5: Critical appraisal and conclusionChapter 15 Earthquakes and Minoan Crete: breaking the myth through interdisciplinaritySimon Jusseret & Manuel Sintubin385 About the authors397 About the editors401 Index403
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Table of ContentsList of key abbreviations and definitions11Chronological table15Part 1: Introduction and theoretical backgroundChapter 1'In bulls doth the Earth-Shaker delight' - Introduction to the volumeJan Driessen19Chapter 2Seismological issues of concern for archaeoseismologySusan E. Hough29Chapter 3PalaeoseismologyJames P. McCalpin55Chapter 4 ArchaeoseismologyManuel Sintubin81Chapter 5 Non-invasive techniques in archaeoseismologyChristoph Grützner & Thomas Wiatr95Part 2: Geological and seismotectonic contextChapter 6The geological setting of Crete: an overviewCharalampos Fassoulas135Chapter 7 Earthquake sources and seismotectonics in the area of CreteGerassimos A. Papadopoulos165Chapter 8The palaeoseismological study of capable faults on CreteJack Mason & Klaus Reicherter191Part 3: Minoan archaeoseismologyChapter 9 Archaeoseismological research on Minoan Crete: past and present Simon Jusseret223Chapter 10 An architectural style of openness and mutability as stimulus for the development of an earthquake-resistant building technology at Akrotiri, Thera, and Minoan CreteClairy Palyvou249Chapter 11 Minoan structural systems: earthquake-resistant characteristics. The role of timberEleftheria Tsakanika267Part 4: Case studiesChapter 12 Evidence for three earthquakes at Mochlos in the Neopalatial period, c. 1700-1430 BC Jeffrey S. Soles, Floyd W. McCoy & Rhonda Suka307Chapter 13Punctuation in palatial prehistory: earthquakes as the stratigraphical markers of the 18th-15th centuries BC in central CreteColin F. Macdonald327Chapter 14 Man the measure: earthquakes as depositional agents in Minoan Crete Tim Cunningham359Part 5: Critical appraisal and conclusionChapter 15 Earthquakes and Minoan Crete: breaking the myth through interdisciplinaritySimon Jusseret & Manuel Sintubin385 About the authors397 About the editors401 Index403