Destruction and resilience at Panaztepe: archaeoseismological evidence for third-millennium BC earthquakes in Western Anatolia

Çayır Tığlı Ü., Gündoğan Ü.

ANTIQUITY, cilt.0, sa.19, ss.1-20, 2026 (AHCI, SSCI, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 0 Sayı: 19
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Doi Numarası: 10.15184/aqy.2026.10376
  • Dergi Adı: ANTIQUITY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Art, Design & Architecture Collection (ProQuest), Art, Design & Architecture Collection (ProQuest), Arts Premium Collection (ProQuest), Scopus, Sociology Source Ultimate (EBSCO), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, L'Année philologique, Anthropological Literature, ATLA Religion Database, Index Islamicus, Art Source, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, DIALNET, MLA International Bibliography
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-20
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Earthquakes and the destruction they wreak on

communities and landscapes are regular features of

both modern news output and historical accounts.

Archaeology can add to our understanding of such

disasters, demonstrated here in the discussion of

architectural damage noted during recent excavations

at Panaztepe, an Early Bronze Age settlement

in Western Anatolia. Distinct destruction horizons

illustrate the primary and secondary impacts of two

earthquakes during the third millennium BC: the

first was followed by reconstruction and adaptation,

the second by abandonment. By focusing on

evidence of seismic activity, the authors examine

the resilience of communities inhabiting this geologically

fragile region.