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Hinzen, Klaus-G., Vetters, Melissa, Kalytta, Tatiana, Reamer, Sharon K. and Damm-Meinhardt, Ursula (2015). Testing the Response of Mycenaean Terracotta Figures and Vessels to Earthquake Ground Motions. Geoarchaeology, 30 (1). S. 1 - 19. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL. ISSN 1520-6548

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Abstract

In the late 1970s, the hypothesis originated that earthquakes played a decisive role in the decline of the Mycenaean civilization at the end of the Late Bronze Age. The late excavator of Tiryns in the Argolid/Greece, Klaus Kilian, presented evidence for earthquake-related damage to Mycenaean structures and considered four terracotta figures and two ceramic vessels lying on a floor of a potential cult room (later 12th century B.C.) in the Lower Citadel as earthquake victims. The broken figures were confined to a small area on the cult room's floor in front of a bench. We assess the archaeological data and test the plausibility of earthquake-induced toppling of the objects with engineering seismological models. Dimensions and physical properties of the models were taken from the originals. In our simulations the models are virtually placed on a bench, and are exposed to earthquake ground motions based on records from recent Greek earthquakes. We test the artifacts' toppling behavior and compare the final position of the fallen objects with the original find spots. Statistical analysis of 74,250 model calculations with highly varied ground motion parameters and bench heights reveal only a small probability that the find situation of the objects was caused by an earthquake. (C) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Hinzen, Klaus-G. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Vetters, Melissa UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kalytta, Tatiana UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Reamer, Sharon K. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Damm-Meinhardt, Ursula UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-418159
DOI:	10.1002/gea.21499
Journal or Publication Title:	Geoarchaeology
Volume:	30
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 1 - 19
Date:	2015
Publisher:	WILEY-BLACKWELL
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1520-6548
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language DAMAGE SCENARIOS; ARCHAEOSEISMOLOGY; SEISMICITY; ROTATION; COLUMNS; SYSTEMS; OBJECTS; PINARA; GREECE Multiple languages Archaeology; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/41815