# Nur 2000: Poseidon's horses: plate tectonics and earthquake storms in the Late Bronze Age Aegean and eastern Mediterranean

> Amos Nur, Eric H. Cline, 2000. 9 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The earthquake reading.

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# Poseidon's horses: plate tectonics and earthquake storms in the Late Bronze Age Aegean and eastern Mediterranean

Amos Nur, Eric H. Cline, 2000. _Journal of Archaeological Science 27(1), 43–63_.

Overlays 20th-century zones of strong shaking on the map of sites destroyed at the end of the Late Bronze Age, finds nearly all destroyed sites in high-shaking areas, and suggests an "earthquake storm" in 1225–1175 BC, while stating that the evidence is not conclusive.

**Late Bronze Age collapse** Articledoi: **[10.1006/jasc.1999.0431](https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1999.0431)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The earthquake reading.

## Cited by on this site 9 records

[A sequence of major earthquakes destroyed the palaces and cities.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/answers/ANS0D464RP26BGD/a-sequence-of-major-earthquakes-destroyed-the-palaces-and)

Answer

ANS

[A sequence of major earthquakes in 1225–1175 BC destroyed many of the sites.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/answers/ANS0D4652Y661KD/a-sequence-of-major-earthquakes-in-12251175-bc-destroyed)

Answer

ANS

[Destroyed sites lie overwhelmingly in high-shaking zones.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D46536071WW/destroyed-sites-lie-overwhelmingly-in-high-shaking-zones)

Evidence

EVD

[Nearly all destroyed sites lie in 20th-century zones of strong shaking.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464RXW4B6B/nearly-all-destroyed-sites-lie-in-20th-century-zones-of)

Evidence

EVD

[The authors themselves call the evidence not conclusive.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D464S5P65BP/the-authors-themselves-call-the-evidence-not-conclusive)

Evidence

EVD

[The proponents themselves describe the evidence as not conclusive.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D4653NM086E/the-proponents-themselves-describe-the-evidence-as-not)

Evidence

EVD

[A proposed sequence of major earthquakes across the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/events/EVT0D464JAY6FZG/a-proposed-sequence-of-major-earthquakes-across-the-aegean)

EVT

[The Late Bronze Age collapse](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse)

The mystery article

MYS

[Did an earthquake storm destroy many of the sites?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/questions/QST0D464P040RGM/did-an-earthquake-storm-destroy-many-of-the-sites)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Nur, A., & Cline, E. H. (2000). Poseidon's horses: plate tectonics and earthquake storms in the Late Bronze Age Aegean and eastern Mediterranean. Journal of Archaeological Science 27(1), 43–63. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1999.0431
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**SRC** 0D464CFE56RK

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