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The Archaeoseismology of Historical Buildings: A Model Study from the L'Aquila Area in Italy
Author(s)
Alessio Marchetti1, Fabio Redi2, Francesca Savini2 and Ilaria Trizio1
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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2017.10.008
Affiliation(s)
1. ITC-CNR, Institute for Construction Technologies, Italian National Research Council, L'Aquila 67100, Italy;
2. DSU-Univaq, Department of Human Studies, University of L’Aquila, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
ABSTRACT
Much of Italy is characterised by two features: a high seismic risk and a profusion of old
and historic buildings. These factors force us to consider the relationship
between building safety and practices of conservation and protection, and as
such have a direct bearing on our approach to preserving the country’s cultural
heritage in general. The guidelines issued on the assessment and reduction of
seismic risk to cultural heritage assets in the Prime Ministerial Decree (DPCM)
of 9 February 2011 underline the importance of studying such properties in
terms of their vulnerability to seismic activity, using “factors of confidence”
(FC) to translate the qualitative assessments produced during previous phases
into quantitative measurements. In addition to the building survey, which describes
the precise three-dimensional form of a structure and the relationships between
its constituent parts, a substantial part of our knowledge of a building is
provided by stratigraphic analysis of the architecture. Similarly, a great deal of useful information can
be derived from historical analysis. This paper outlines an
archaeoseismological study developed by archaeologists from the University of
L’Aquila and researchers from the ITC-CNR in the same city, which applies a
multi-disciplinary approach to the study of historic buildings in areas of
seismic activity.
KEYWORDS
Archaeoseismology, cultural heritage, knowledge, conservation, assessment.
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