Publication Date:
2020-11-30
Description:
This special issue of Journal of Seismology, dedicated to Archaeoseismology, shows
the current trends of research in this young branch of seismology.
The beginning of modern archaeoseismological practice during the 1980’s and the
investigations made during the 1990’s were in many cases conditioned by the lack of
cooperation among the spcialists from different scientific diciplines. Numerous
publications resulted from the work of archaeologists, in some cases in collaboration
with experts in earthquake-geology or seismology, but rarely such work included a
complete and multidisciplinary approach and in situ analysis of the evidence. In many
cases, archaeoseismological studies were limited to the detection of traces of past
earthquakes in archaeological remains without a seismological perspective aiming to
derive quantitative parameters necessary to fully describe a past earthquake
(magnitude, etc.). In other cases, such investigations were limited to the analysis of
archaeological reports of excavations made years or decades earlier. A step towards
the quantification of seismological aspects was represented by the “territorial”
approach, trying to reconstruct a picture of an earthquake by detecting its signs over a
wider region. This procedure was, however, limited by the scarcity and reliability of
published or unpublished archaeological material, usually adopted without a critical
review.
Description:
Published
Description:
393–394
Description:
2TM. Divulgazione Scientifica
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JCR Journal
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open
Keywords:
Archaeoseismology,
;
04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.05. Historical seismology
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
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