Earthquake, Fire, and Water: Destruction Sequence Identified in an 8th Century Early Islamic Harbor Warehouse in Caesarea, Israel

Earthquake, Fire, and Water: Destruction Sequence Identified in an 8th Century Early Islamic Harbor Warehouse in Caesarea, Israel

An 8th century CE earthquake severely damaged inland cities across the southern-central Levant, but reported evidence of this earthquake along the coastline is scarce. In Caesarea Maritima, archaeologists have found contemporaneous anomalous sand and shelly layers within nearshore structures and int...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Charles J. Everhardt, Hendrik W. Dey, Uzi ‘Ad, Jacob Sharvit, Peter Gendelman, Joel Roskin, Lotem Robins, Roy Jaijel, Ofra Barkai, Beverly N. Goodman-Tchernov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-04-01
Series:Geosciences
Subjects:
tsunami
destruction
early-Islamic
Caesarea Maritima
harbor
eighth-century
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/13/4/108

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