The ruins of Dallagkau village in North Ossetia – “fossil seismoscopes”
1 Institute of History and Archeology of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
2 Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences
3 Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences IZMIRAN
Journal: Problems of Engineering Seismology
Tome: 51
Number: 1
Year: 2024
Pages: 25-49
UDK: 551.2/.3
DOI: 10.21455/VIS2024.1-3
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Chshiev
A.M V.T. The ruins of Dallagkau village in North Ossetia – “fossil seismoscopes” // . 2024. Т. 51. № 1. С. 25-49. DOI: 10.21455/VIS2024.1-3
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Keywords: ruins, towers, crypts, fossil seismoscopes, kinematic indicators, seismic deformations, ancient earthquakes, Dallagkau, North Ossetia, North Caucasus
Аnnotation: The data collected and described in the article on the deformations of ancient buildings in the Dallagkau village on the Fiagdon River in North Ossetia clearly indicate the seismic cause of their damage and destruction. The systematic nature of building collapses and tilts indicates at least two seismic events and the propagation of seismic movements along the WNW–ESE axis during both earthquakes. Local seismic intensity was I0 = VIII–IX points. It was found that the earliest human development of the area in the Dallagkau village took place in the 6th–8th centuries AD. Evidence of this conclusion is the materials of the settlement and the burial ground in the area of Fardygdon, excavated by Countess P.S. Uvarova. However, we were unable to identify the buildings of that time and possible deformations in them. The second chronological period of existence in the Dallagkau village dates from the pre-Mongol era, probably from the end of the 12th century, maybe from the 13th century, until the 19th century This is a burial ground in the Tauzit area, a number of materials from the Fardygdon burial ground were identified by P.S. Uvarova, residential and combat towers, ground and semi-underground crypts. It is in them that we managed to identify traces of two seismic events. Judging by the results obtained by us earlier, in the nearby of Dzivgis village, the age of these seismic events of the XV–XVI centuries and XIX century. Additional field and cameral studies are needed in other ancient settlements of the region for a more complete parameterization of ancient seismic events, as well as the localization of ancient epicentral zones in certain structures of the Earth’s crust in the region. More precise determination of the age of historical seismic catastrophes is also needed.