Stathis C Stiros
Biographic Data
| ID | 5799512 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stathis C Stiros |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stathis C |
| FAMILY NAME | Stiros |
| SIGNATURE | STIROS S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Patras |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6451-5375 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
On de Mundo and pseudo‐Aristotle, a geoarchaeological analysis
“De Mundo” (“On the Cosmos”), an influential ancient anonymous treatise (manuscript) covering natural phenomena and philosophical ideas, is assigned by the majority of investigators to pseudo‐Aristotle, an unknown philosopher of Roman times mimicking Aristotle. This article focuses on differences in the geological content between “Meteorologica” (“Meteorology”), the famous work of Aristotle on Natural Sciences, and “de Mundo.” Four themes are exa…
Destruction Layers, Urban Evolution, and Earthquakes in Roman Patras, Greece
The role of seismicity in the urban evolution of Roman Patras, a major town in western Greece, located next to seismically active areas (Aegean Arc, Gulf of Corinth) has so far been ignored. We have analyzed ∼1000 typically short reports of rescue excavations made during a recent building boom period in the center of Patras. A minimum of ∼100 excavations providing evidence of destruction layers and atypical burials, including unburied skeletons i…
Archaeological evidence for destructive earthquakes in Sicily between 400 B.C. and A.D. 600
A systematic archaeoseismological study indicates that at least three earthquakes occurred between 400 B.C. and A.D. 600, causing destruction to numerous ancient monuments in Sicily. Evidence for these earthquakes comes from the collapse style of buildings (toppled walls, column drums in a domino‐style arrangement, directional collapses, etc.), and the exclusion of other likely causes for such effects. Dating of inferred earthquakes is based on c…
The 8.5+ magnitude, AD365 earthquake in Crete
Human occupation and geomorphological evolution of the Thessaloniki Plain (Greece) since mid Holocene
Accurate measurements with primitive instruments
The theatre of Aitolian Makyneia
Remains of a recently excavated small theatre at the foot of a fortified hill, identified with Aitolian Makyneia, were studied on the basis of electronic surveying, CAD, graphical and analytical approximation techniques. This theatre, of the 4th or 3rd century BC, partly excavated on the hillside and built of large sandstone slabs, has an unusual shape, with its koilon consisting of a curvilinear wing of 14 rows of seats and an adjacent linear wi…
Archaeological evidence for unusually rapid holocene uplift rates in an active normal faulting terrain
Archaeological and biological evidence indicates that the approximate sea level position of A.D. 150–250, the period of construction of the ancient harbor of Aigeira (Gulf of Corinth, Greece), can be identified at the height of 4 m above present sea level. The exposed ancient structure permits a direct observation of harbor construction techniques of the Roman period and study of the Late Holocene uplift of the area, characterized by a terrace st…
On the date of construction of Lechaion, western harbor of ancient Corinth, Greece
Lechaion, the western harbor of ancient Corinth, was an artificial harbor excavated in a marshy area and connected to the open sea through a channel with revetment walls. It was probably the most important harbor of this type in antiquity, and one of the most important harbors in Greece for more than one millennium. Yet, the date of construction of this harbor is a matter of debate; 600 B.C., ca. 44 B.C., and A.D. 350 are the most probable dates.…
Archäologie und Seismologie
Palaeoseismic studies in Greece
Palaeogeographic reconstruction of the Heraion–Vouliagmeni Lake coast since Early Helladic times
The morphology of the Vouliagmeni Lake and Perachora coasts is the result of seismic uplifts with a cumulative amplitude of 3–4 m in the last 6,000 years; there is also evidence of a transient seismic subsidence at around 5,000 BP. These results are consistent with excavation data indicating a seismic destruction of an EH I site followed by land subsidence. This led to the abandonment of the site, which was reoccupied when the land was uplifted a…
Late-Holocene shoreline changes related to palaeoseismic events in the Ionian Islands, Greece
A systematic multidisciplinary survey on the coasts of the Ionian Islands, founded on 26 new radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrography (AMS) dates, has revealed the occurrence of sectors which were uplifted (seismo)tectonically during the late Holocene. In Corfu, two uplift movements of about 0.8m each took place in the central part of the island: one of them around 790-400 cal. BC, and also at a more recent, undetermined date. In Levkas, up-and…
Seismic uplift of the harbour of ancient Aigeira, Central Greece
The Mavra Litharia cove, between Akrata and Derveni, in the North Peloponnesian coast (Central Greece), has been identified as the site of the harbour of the Hellenistic Aigeira, one of the very few natural harbours along the uplifting, fault-controlled North Peloponnesian coast. Geomorphological, marine biological and archaeological data as well as radiocarbon dating of marine fossils testify to a 2m relative land uplift since Hellenistic times …
Human occupation and geomorphological evolution of the Thessaloniki Plain (Greece) since mid Holocene
Accurate measurements with primitive instruments
Late-Holocene shoreline changes related to palaeoseismic events in the Ionian Islands, Greece
A systematic multidisciplinary survey on the coasts of the Ionian Islands, founded on 26 new radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrography (AMS) dates, has revealed the occurrence of sectors which were uplifted (seismo)tectonically during the late Holocene. In Corfu, two uplift movements of about 0.8m each took place in the central part of the island: one of them around 790-400 cal. BC, and also at a more recent, undetermined date. In Levkas, up-and…
Seismic uplift of the harbour of ancient Aigeira, Central Greece
The Mavra Litharia cove, between Akrata and Derveni, in the North Peloponnesian coast (Central Greece), has been identified as the site of the harbour of the Hellenistic Aigeira, one of the very few natural harbours along the uplifting, fault-controlled North Peloponnesian coast. Geomorphological, marine biological and archaeological data as well as radiocarbon dating of marine fossils testify to a 2m relative land uplift since Hellenistic times …
Seismic uplift of the harbour of ancient Aigeira, Central Greece
The Mavra Litharia cove, between Akrata and Derveni, in the North Peloponnesian coast (Central Greece), has been identified as the site of the harbour of the Hellenistic Aigeira, one of the very few natural harbours along the uplifting, fault-controlled North Peloponnesian coast. Geomorphological, marine biological and archaeological data as well as radiocarbon dating of marine fossils testify to a 2m relative land uplift since Hellenistic times …
Late-Holocene shoreline changes related to palaeoseismic events in the Ionian Islands, Greece
A systematic multidisciplinary survey on the coasts of the Ionian Islands, founded on 26 new radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrography (AMS) dates, has revealed the occurrence of sectors which were uplifted (seismo)tectonically during the late Holocene. In Corfu, two uplift movements of about 0.8m each took place in the central part of the island: one of them around 790-400 cal. BC, and also at a more recent, undetermined date. In Levkas, up-and…
Palaeoseismic studies in Greece
Palaeogeographic reconstruction of the Heraion–Vouliagmeni Lake coast since Early Helladic times
The morphology of the Vouliagmeni Lake and Perachora coasts is the result of seismic uplifts with a cumulative amplitude of 3–4 m in the last 6,000 years; there is also evidence of a transient seismic subsidence at around 5,000 BP. These results are consistent with excavation data indicating a seismic destruction of an EH I site followed by land subsidence. This led to the abandonment of the site, which was reoccupied when the land was uplifted a…
On the date of construction of Lechaion, western harbor of ancient Corinth, Greece
Lechaion, the western harbor of ancient Corinth, was an artificial harbor excavated in a marshy area and connected to the open sea through a channel with revetment walls. It was probably the most important harbor of this type in antiquity, and one of the most important harbors in Greece for more than one millennium. Yet, the date of construction of this harbor is a matter of debate; 600 B.C., ca. 44 B.C., and A.D. 350 are the most probable dates.…
Archäologie und Seismologie
Archaeological evidence for unusually rapid holocene uplift rates in an active normal faulting terrain
Archaeological and biological evidence indicates that the approximate sea level position of A.D. 150–250, the period of construction of the ancient harbor of Aigeira (Gulf of Corinth, Greece), can be identified at the height of 4 m above present sea level. The exposed ancient structure permits a direct observation of harbor construction techniques of the Roman period and study of the Late Holocene uplift of the area, characterized by a terrace st…
The theatre of Aitolian Makyneia
Remains of a recently excavated small theatre at the foot of a fortified hill, identified with Aitolian Makyneia, were studied on the basis of electronic surveying, CAD, graphical and analytical approximation techniques. This theatre, of the 4th or 3rd century BC, partly excavated on the hillside and built of large sandstone slabs, has an unusual shape, with its koilon consisting of a curvilinear wing of 14 rows of seats and an adjacent linear wi…
Accurate measurements with primitive instruments
Human occupation and geomorphological evolution of the Thessaloniki Plain (Greece) since mid Holocene
Archaeological evidence for destructive earthquakes in Sicily between 400 B.C. and A.D. 600
A systematic archaeoseismological study indicates that at least three earthquakes occurred between 400 B.C. and A.D. 600, causing destruction to numerous ancient monuments in Sicily. Evidence for these earthquakes comes from the collapse style of buildings (toppled walls, column drums in a domino‐style arrangement, directional collapses, etc.), and the exclusion of other likely causes for such effects. Dating of inferred earthquakes is based on c…
The 8.5+ magnitude, AD365 earthquake in Crete
Destruction Layers, Urban Evolution, and Earthquakes in Roman Patras, Greece
The role of seismicity in the urban evolution of Roman Patras, a major town in western Greece, located next to seismically active areas (Aegean Arc, Gulf of Corinth) has so far been ignored. We have analyzed ∼1000 typically short reports of rescue excavations made during a recent building boom period in the center of Patras. A minimum of ∼100 excavations providing evidence of destruction layers and atypical burials, including unburied skeletons i…
On de Mundo and pseudo‐Aristotle, a geoarchaeological analysis
“De Mundo” (“On the Cosmos”), an influential ancient anonymous treatise (manuscript) covering natural phenomena and philosophical ideas, is assigned by the majority of investigators to pseudo‐Aristotle, an unknown philosopher of Roman times mimicking Aristotle. This article focuses on differences in the geological content between “Meteorologica” (“Meteorology”), the famous work of Aristotle on Natural Sciences, and “de Mundo.” Four themes are exa…
Geology (13 works) · Archaeology (11 works) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (10 works) · Paleontology (10 works) · Geography (8 works) · Oceanography (7 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · earthquake and tectonic studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · Holocene (5 works)