Seismic effects in archaeological sites: archaeoseismological cataloguing and quantification

J.L. Giner-Robles; M.A.  Rodríguez-Pascua; P. G.  Silva; R.  Pérez-López

doi:10.21701/bolgeomin.129.1.018

Authors

J.L. Giner-Robles Departamento de Geología y Geoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
M.A. Rodríguez-Pascua Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
P. G. Silva Departamento de Geología, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Ávila, Universidad Salamanca
R. Pérez-López Instituto Geológico y Minero de España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21701/bolgeomin.129.1.018

Keywords:

archaeoseismology, earthquake archaeological effects (EAEs), oriented seismic damage, structural geological analysis

Abstract

The analysis of the damage caused by seismic events in archaeological sites provides significant information about ancient and historic earthquakes that can improve seismic hazard analysis. In this paper a methodological analysis to quantify the deformation of structural damage recorded in archaeological sites is proposed. This methodology focuses on the establishment of the seismic / non-seismic origin of the observed damage and consists of three phases: (a) identification and inventory of damage; (b) quantification of deformation; and (c) incorporation of the results to seismic catalogues. The first phase is the inventory and mapping of the damage according with the classification of archaeological effects of earthquakes (EAEs). The second phase is to quantify the deformation of damage by setting different parameters such as the direction of maximum horizontal strain (ey). This analysis is performed at different levels: for each of the recorded EAEs, for all the records of a particular category of EAEs, and finally for the complete archaeological site including all the categories of EAEs. The homogeneity of the results (damage orientation) allows us to establish the seismic origin of deformations. This methodology has been developed in the Roman site of Baelo Claudia (Cádiz, Spain) and has been applied to different historical earthquakes in the Iberian Peninsula. To calibrate the method, analyses on oriented damage were carried out immediately after the

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