The Byzantine-to-Ummayad (6th–8th century) archaeological site of Umm-El-Qanatir, located 10 km east of the Dead Sea Transform (DST) in northern Israel. The site was damaged by an earthquake-induced landslide.
The site was excavated and restored by Yehoshua (Yeshu) Dray and Ilana Gonen. The excavation and restoration process is described in their web page.
Publication:
Wechsler, N., Katz, O., Dray, Y., Gonen, I., and Marco, S., 2008, Estimating location and size of historical earthquake by combining archaeology and geology in Umm-El-Qanatir, Dead Sea Transform: Natural Hazards, v. 50, no. DOI 10.1007/s11069-008-9315-6, p. 27-43. pdf
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