PROBABLE PALEOSEISMIC DEFORMATIONS AT THE RUBAS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF THE MIDDLE OF THE 6th CENTURY, SOUTH DAGESTAN

1 Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Dagestan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia

2 Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: las119@yandex.ru

Abstract. As a result of the discovery of a unique archaeological monument – the Rubas Fortification of the 6th century in the south of Dagestan – and the archeoseismological studies of its military engineering objects, it was found that they have a number of specific deformations caused by previously unknown historical earthquakes. According to the archeoseismological and geological data at the location of this archaeological monument, traces of the active fault zone were found, the movement on which led to the displacement and distortion of the early medieval monumental defensive wall.

Keywords: Dagestan, Rubas fortification, seismic hazard, archeoseismology, medieval time, seismic deformations, active fault.

About the authors

GMYRYA Lyudmila B. – Dr. Sci. (Hist.), Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Dagestan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Russia, 367030, Republic of Dagestan, Makhachkala, Yaragskogo st., 75. Tel.: +7 (928) 514-27-31. E-mail: lgmyrya@mail.ru

KORZHENKOV Andrey M. – Dr. Sci. (Geol.-Min.), head of laboratory, Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences. Russia, 123242, Moscow, Bolshaya Gruzinskaya st., 10-1. Tel.: +7 (916) 226-90-92. E-mail: korzhenkov@ifz.ru

OVSYUCHENKO Alexander N. – Cand. Sci. (Geol.-Min.), head of laboratory, Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences. Russia, 123242, Moscow, Bolshaya Gruzinskaya st., 10-1. Tel.: +7 (499) 254-90-15. E-mail: ovs@ifz.ru

LARKOV Alexander S. – science researcher, Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences. Russia, 123242, Moscow, Bolshaya Gruzinskaya st., 10-1. Tel.: +7 (499) 254-92-50. E-mail: las119@yandex.ru

ROGOZHIN Evgeny A. – Dr. Sci. (Geol.-Min.), professor, head of department, Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences. Russia, 123242, Moscow, Bolshaya Gruzinskaya st., 10-1. Tel.: +7 (499) 254-87-15. E-mail: eurog1947@yandex.ru

Cite this article as: Gmyrya L.B., Korzhenkov A.M., Ovsyuchenko A.N., Larkov A.S., Rogozhin E.A. Probable paleoseismic deformations at the Rubas archaeological site of the middle of the 6th century, South Dagestan, Geofizicheskie Protsessy i Biosfera (Geophysical Processes and Biosphere), 2019, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 91–103 (in Russian). https://doi.org/10.21455/gpb2019.3-6

English version: Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 2019, vol. 55, iss. 10. ISSN: 0001-4338 (Print), 1555-628X (Online). https://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/11485