Minoan Earthquakes

Author : Simon Jusseret,Manuel Sintubin
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789462701052

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Interdisciplinary study on the role of earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean Does the “Minoan myth” still stand up to scientific scrutiny? Since the work of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos (Crete, Greece), the romanticized vision of the Cretan Bronze Age as an era of peaceful prosperity only interrupted by the catastrophic effects of natural disasters has captured the popular and scientific imagination. Its impact on the development of archaeology, archaeoseismology, and earthquake geology in the eastern Mediterranean is considerable. Yet, in spite of more than a century of archaeological explorations on the island of Crete, researchers still do not have a clear understanding of the effects of earthquakes on Minoan society. This volume, gathering the contributions of Minoan archaeologists, geologists, seismologists, palaeoseismologists, geophysicists, architects, and engineers, provides an up-to-date interdisciplinary appraisal of the role of earthquakes in Minoan society and in Minoan archaeology – what we know, what are the remaining issues, and where we need to go. Contributors: Tim Cunningham (Université catholique de Louvain), Jan Driessen (Université catholique de Louvain), Charalampos Fassoulas (Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete), Christoph Grützner (RWTH Aachen University, University of Cambridge), Susan E. Hough (U.S. Geological Survey), Simon Jusseret (The University of Texas at Austin, Université catholique de Louvain), Colin F. Macdonald (The British School at Athens), Jack Mason (RWTH Aachen University), James P. McCalpin (GEO-HAZ Consulting Inc.), Floyd W. McCoy (University of Hawaii – Windward), Clairy Palyvou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos (National Observatory of Athens), Klaus Reicherter (RWTH Aachen University), Manuel Sintubin (KU Leuven), Jeffrey S. Soles (University of North Carolina – Greensboro), Rhonda Suka (Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii), Eleftheria Tsakanika (National Technical University of Athens), Thomas Wiatr (RWTH Aachen University, German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy).

Author : Simon Jusseret,M. Sintubin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 9461662181

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Minoan Earthquakes by Simon Jusseret,M. Sintubin Pdf

Interdisciplinary study on the role of earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean. Does the "Minoan myth" still stand up to scientific scrutiny? Since the work of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos (Crete, Greece), the romanticized vision of the Cretan Bronze Age as an era of peaceful prosperity only interrupted by the catastrophic effects of natural disasters has captured the popular and scientific imagination. Its impact on the development of archaeology, archaeoseismology, and earthquake geology in the eastern Mediterranean is considerable. Yet, in spite of more than a century of archaeological explorations on the island of Crete, researchers still do not have a clear understanding of the effects of earthquakes on Minoan society. This volume, gathering the contributions of Minoan archaeologists, geologists, seismologists, palaeoseismologists, geophysicists, architects, and engineers, provides an up-to-date interdisciplinary appraisal of the role of earthquakes in Minoan society and in Minoan archaeology - what we know, what are the remaining issues, and where we need to go.

Author : Rodney Castleden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134880638

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Minoans by Rodney Castleden Pdf

Thoroughly researched, Rodney Castleden's Minoans: Life in Bronze Age Crete here sues the results of recent research to produce a comprehensive new vision of the peoples of Minoan Crete. Since Sir Arthur Evans rediscovered the Minoans in the early 1900s, we have defined a series of cultural traits that make the ‘Minoan personality’: elegant, graceful and sophisticated, these nature lovers lived in harmony with their neighbours, while their fleets ruled the seas around Crete. This, at least, is the popular view of the Minoans. But how far does the later work of archaeologists in Crete support this view? Drawing on his experience of being actively involved in research on landscapes processes and prehistory for the last twenty years, Castleden writes clearly and accessibly to provide a text essential to the study of this fascinating subject.

Author : Gerasimos A. Papadopulos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Earthquake zones
ISBN : 9609499686

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A Seismic History of Crete by Gerasimos A. Papadopulos Pdf

The book introduces the geodynamics and seismicity of the Hellenic Arc and Trench region, the Minoan archaeology of Crete, analysis of the main documentary sources used, and the methodology followed to calculate historical earthquake parameters. A number of earthquake events occurring from Antiquity up to 2011 are described with the support of documentary sources in the original languages and English translation, and of instrumental records. Field geological and archaeological observations as well as pictorial material supplement the documentation. Earthquake focal parameters are evaluated and reliability scales are introduced. Associated phenomena, such as tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, seaquakes, liquefaction in soil, rockfalls and landslides, earthquake precursors and the similar are also discussed. Each one of the main historical periods of Crete, from the Minoan era up to the modern one, are examined separately.

Author : Arthur Evans
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108061025

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The Palace of Minos by Arthur Evans Pdf

Published 1921-35, this highly illustrated multi-volume excavation report documents the discovery of Minoan civilisation on Crete.

Author : Elpida Hadjidaki-Marder
Publisher : INSTAP Academic Press
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781623034344

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The Minoan Shipwreck at Pseira, Crete by Elpida Hadjidaki-Marder Pdf

The excavation of a Minoan shipwreck dated to 1725/1700 BC is described. The cargo includes the largest known corpus of complete and almost complete clay vessels from a single Middle Minoan IIB deposit. The transport boat provides interesting information on a society that revolved around seafaring.

Author : Eric R. Force
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781498514286

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Impact of Tectonic Activity on Ancient Civilizations by Eric R. Force Pdf

Impact of Tectonic Activity on Ancient Civilizations: Recurrent Shakeups, Tenacity, Resilience, and Change observes a remarkable spatial correspondence of zones of active tectonism (i.e. plate boundaries in the earth’s crust) with the most complex cultures of antiquity (“great ancient civilizations”), and continues to explore the meaning of this relationship from a number of independent angles. Due to resulting site damage, this distribution is counter-intuitive. Nevertheless, systematic differences between “tectonic” and “quiescent” cultures show that tectonic activity corresponded in antiquity with more cultural dynamism. Data of several independent types support direct cultural influence of tectonism, including vignettes of the impact of tectonism in specific ancient cultures. An expectation of change seems to be a feature such tectonic cultures shared, and led to an acceleration of development. These dynamics continue though much obscured in the present day.

Author : Jerolyn E. Morrison,Joanne M. A. Murphy
Publisher : INSTAP Academic Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781623034337

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Kleronomia by Jerolyn E. Morrison,Joanne M. A. Murphy Pdf

The 27 papers in this volume harken to the themes that Jeffrey Soles has influenced during his illustrious career in Aegean Bronze Age archaeology: ancestry, burial customs, religion, trade, jewelry, the development of the Minoan settlement of Mochlos in eastern Crete, and the rise and fall of the Minoan civilization.

Author : Carl Waldman,Catherine Mason
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 975 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : 9781438129181

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Encyclopedia of European Peoples by Carl Waldman,Catherine Mason Pdf

Presents an alphabetical listing of information on the origins, prehistory, history, culture, languages, relationships to other cultures and more regarding European peoples.

Author : Nanno Marinatos
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Minoans
ISBN : 9780252033926

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Minoan Kingship and the Solar Goddess by Nanno Marinatos Pdf

An illustrated guide to Minoan images and symbols

Author : Floyd W. McCoy,Grant Heiken
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813723450

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Volcanic Hazards and Disasters in Human Antiquity by Floyd W. McCoy,Grant Heiken Pdf

Author : Felix Riede
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9788771840247

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Past Vulnerability by Felix Riede Pdf

Volcanic eruptions can affect everything--nature, wildlife, people. From the earliest times, human resilience has been tested by this most severe environmental hazard resulting in a variety of collective responses--from despair and helplessness to endurance, increased worship of the gods, and even mass migrations. Past Vulnerability breaks new ground by examining the histories of extreme environmental events, from the resent eruptions of Mount Merapi in Central Java to the prehistoric Toba supervolcanic eruption 74,000 years ago on the island of Sumatra. Experts from a broad and unconventional range of disciplines--from anthropology to literature studies and from archaeology to theology--discuss the impacts of volcanic eruptions in human history and prehistory. The book sets the scene for a 'palaeosocial volcanology' that complements and extends current approaches to volcanic hazards in the natural and social sciences by presenting historically informed and evidence-based analyses on how traditional societies dealt with these dangers--or failed to do so.

Author : Christos A. Djonis
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781662449253

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Uchronia by Christos A. Djonis Pdf

Accounts of past lost civilizations, strange aerial phenomena, unexplained encounters, and cryptic codes unquestionably continue to tease our minds with their intrigue. While many of these puzzles, which often are passed down from one generation to another, sound so incredible that they appear to be stories of pure fiction, from time to time, and more often than we realize, they turn out to be true. UCHRONIA (alternative history) connects with several such controversial topics and provides facts and clues that could explain some of the most contentious mysteries of our time, including Plato’s Atlantis. Is the Human Genome a real miracle or genetics? What is the meaning behind the Nazca Lines? Has a Middle Eastern culture managed to visit North America 10,000 years before Christopher Columbus? Can the Old Testament of the Holy Bible be a copy of a much older original? In 2017, New York City-Big Book Awards voted the original edition of UCHRONIA as one of their Distinguished Favorites! This UPDATED & EXTENDED version is not just an extension or a more in-depth analysis of the original work published in 2014, but an opportunity to illustrate how several more scientific events and recent archaeological discoveries now further support many of the earlier conclusions noted in the original edition.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 5634 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780081029091

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Encyclopedia of Geology by Anonim Pdf

Encyclopedia of Geology, Second Edition presents in six volumes state-of-the-art reviews on the various aspects of geologic research, all of which have moved on considerably since the writing of the first edition. New areas of discussion include extinctions, origins of life, plate tectonics and its influence on faunal provinces, new types of mineral and hydrocarbon deposits, new methods of dating rocks, and geological processes. Users will find this to be a fundamental resource for teachers and students of geology, as well as researchers and non-geology professionals seeking up-to-date reviews of geologic research. Provides a comprehensive and accessible one-stop shop for information on the subject of geology, explaining methodologies and technical jargon used in the field Highlights connections between geology and other physical and biological sciences, tackling research problems that span multiple fields Fills a critical gap of information in a field that has seen significant progress in past years Presents an ideal reference for a wide range of scientists in earth and environmental areas of study

Author : Arnold Walter Lawrence,Richard Allan Tomlinson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780300064919

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Greek Architecture by Arnold Walter Lawrence,Richard Allan Tomlinson Pdf

Professor Lawrence discusses the evolution of the Hellenic age and the remaining legacy of ruins and artefacts, emphasising the continuity of their art. This edition has been revised and new illustrations have been added.