Minoan Earthquakes

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.

This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

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).

"Minoan Earthquakes" was written by Simon Jusseret, Manuel Sintubin, Jan Driessen, Susan E. Hough, James P. McCalpin, Christoph Grützner, Thomas Wiatr, Charalampos Fassoulas, Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos, Jack Mason, Klaus Reicherter, Clairy Palyvou, Eleftheria Tsakanika, Jeffrey S. Soles, Floyd W. McCoy, Rhonda Suka, Colin F. Macdonald and Tim Cunningham.

Simon Jusseret is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin and a member of the Aegean Interdisciplinary Studies research group at Université catholique de Louvain.

Manuel Sintubin is full professor of geodynamics in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at KU Leuven.

Yes, "Minoan Earthquakes" is part of the "Studies in Archaeological Sciences" series. It's book 5 in the series.

Studies in Archaeological Sciences presents state-of-the-art methodological, technical or material science contributions to Archaeological Sciences. The series aims to reconstruct the integrated story of human and material culture through time and testifies to the necessity of inter- and multidisciplinary research in cultural heritage studies. Studies in Archaeological Sciences aims to publish at least one volume a year and accepts monographs as well as coherent edited volumes in English. Contributions should be set up to be a specialist reference work for a broad audience of academic readers. Manuscript should be 80.000 to 120.000 words in length and may include graphs and tables in black and white. All contributions are submitted to international peer review.

Readership

Researchers and graduate students in fields such as Archaeology, Archaeological Sciences, History, Conservation and Cultural Heritage Studies and Museum Sciences.

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Patrick Degryse, Centre for Archaeological Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium

Editorial Board

Prof. Dennis Braeckmans, Department of Archaeological Sciences, Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands
Prof. Ian Freestone, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, United Kingdom
Dr. Andrew Meek, Department of Scientific Research, The British Museum
Dr. Andrew Shortland, Centre for Archaeological and Forensic Analysis, Cranfield University, United Kingdom
Prof. Manuel Sintubin, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium

Invitation to future Advisory Board members

Scholars interested to join the Advisory Board of this new series are cordially invited to contact Prof. Patrick Degryse (Editor-in-Chief) or one of the editorial board members.

Proposals

Proposals and inquiries can be sent to to editor-in- chief Patrick Degryse or one of the editorial board members. Please send a preliminary abstract (1-2 pp.) and a short bio. Upon approval of this abstract (average turnaround time of 4 weeks), the full manuscript will be submitted to international peer review. Two peer reviewers will be asked for expert advice, three in case of conflicting reports.

Please make use of the submission form to present your manuscript or proposal to our board.
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