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The Mitla Landslide, an Event That Changed the Fate of a Mixteco/Zapoteco Civilization in Mesoamerica
- Source :
- International Journal of Geophysics, Vol 2019 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2019.
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Abstract
- Before the arrival of the Spanish conquerors, Mitla was the second most important city in the valleys of Oaxaca, México. However, the ruins that are visible today do not seem to match the size of a city of more than 10,000 inhabitants. Geological and geophysical studies suggest that part of the city was covered by the deposits of a dry landslide likely to have been caused by an earthquake with a magnitude that could vary between 6 and 7. This landslide is monolithological, which is why two geophysical methods were used in order to evaluate its geometrical characteristics and to suggest the possible existence of archeological remains under the landslide.
- Subjects :
- 010506 paleontology
Civilization
Article Subject
Mesoamerica
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Event (relativity)
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Magnitude (mathematics)
Landslide
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
01 natural sciences
Archaeology
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Geophysics
Geography
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Water Science and Technology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16878868
- Volume :
- 2019
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Geophysics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....48299426924de4e52fd1905c63eb7d8e