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Table of Contents - Special Paper 471

Ancient Earthquakes

edited by Manuel Sintubin, Iain S. Stewart, Tina M. Niemi, and Erhan Altunel


Preface
Manuel Sintubin, Iain S. Stewart, Tina M. Niemi, and Erhan Altunel
Acknowledgments

Understanding Earthquakes in the Ancient World
1. Dynamic landscapes and human evolution
Geoffrey C.P. King and Geoffrey N. Bailey
2. Tectonic environments of ancient civilizations: Opportunities for archaeoseismological and anthropological studies
Eric R. Force and Bruce G. McFadgen

Historical Earthquakes and Their Societal Impact
3. The door knockers of Mansurah: Strong shaking in a region of low perceived seismic risk, Sindh, Pakistan
Roger Bilham and Sarosh Lodi
4. San Antonio de Mucuñó, Mérida Andes, Venezuela: Relocation of a doctrine town following the 1674 earthquake
Jaime Laffaille, Franck Audemard M., and Miguel Alvarado
5. New interpretations of the social and material impacts of the 1812 earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela
Rogelio Altez
6. The impact of the 1157 and 1170 Syrian earthquakes on Crusader–Muslim politics and military affairs
Kate Raphael
7. Western Crete: From Captain Spratt to modern archaeoseismology
Manolis I. Stefanakis
8. Earthquake archaeology in Japan: An overview
Gina L. Barnes

Commentaries and Perspectives on Archaeoseismological Research
9. Historical earthquake catalogues and archaeological data: Achieving synthesis without circular reasoning
John D. Rucker and Tina M. Niemi
10. Historical earthquakes in Srinagar, Kashmir: Clues from the Shiva Temple at Pandrethan
Roger Bilham, Bikram Singh Bali, M. Ismail Bhat, and Susan Hough
11. Earthquakes and civilizations of the Indus Valley: A challenge for archaeoseismology
Robert L. Kovach, Kelly Grijalva, and Amos Nur
12. Comparing semiquantitative logic trees for archaeoseismology and paleoseismology: The Baelo Claudia (southern Spain) case study
Christoph Grützner, Klaus Reicherter, and Pablo G. Silva
13. Long-term effect of seismic activities on archaeological remains: A test study from Zakynthos, Greece
Melek Tendürüs, Gert Jan van Wijngaarden, and Henk Kars
14. Assessment of seismically induced damage using LIDAR: The ancient city of Pinara (SW Turkey) as a case study
Barış Yerli, Johan ten Veen, Manuel Sintubin, Volkan Karabacak, C. Çağlar Yalçıner, and Erhan Altunel

Practices in Archaeoseismology
15. 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, P.G. Silva, V.H. Garduño-Monroy, R. Pérez-López, I. Israde-Alcántara, J.L. Giner-Robles, J.L. Bischoff, and J.P. Calvo
16. Distinguishing damages from two earthquakes—Archaeoseismology of a Crusader castle (Al-Marqab citadel, Syria)
Miklós Kázmér and Balázs Major
17. Archaeoseismological studies at the temple of Amenhotep III, Luxor, Egypt
Arkadi Karakhanyan, Ara Avagyan, and Hourig Sourouzian
18. Archaeological evidence for Roman-age faulting in central-northern Sicily: Possible effects of coseismic deformation
Giovanni Barreca, Maria Serafina Barbano, Serafina Carbone, and Carmelo Monaco
19. Faulting of the Roman aqueduct of Venafrum (southern Italy): Methods of investigation, results, and seismotectonic implications
Paolo A.C. Galli, Alessandro Giocoli, Jose A. Naso, Sabatino Piscitelli, Enzo Rizzo, Stefania Capini, and Luigi Scaroina
20. Timing of earthquake ruptures at the Al Harif Roman aqueduct (Dead Sea fault, Syria) from archaeoseismology and paleoseismology
Mohamed Reda Sbeinati, Mustapha Meghraoui, Ghada Suleyman, Francisco Gomez, Pieter Grootes, Marie-Josée Nadeau, Haithem Al Najjar, and Riad Al-Ghazzi
21. Offset archaeological relics in the western part of the Büyük Menderes graben (western Turkey) and their tectonic implications
Önder Yönlü, Erhan Altunel, Volkan Karabacak, Serdar Akyüz, and Çağlar Yalçıner