Earthquakes and archaeology
Earthquakes and archaeology
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地震与考古学
DOI：
10.1016/j.jas.2005.11.006
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发表时间：
2006
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
N. Ambraseys
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作者：
N. Ambraseys
这篇文章考察了在现代地震学出现之前很久，考古学证据用于评估地中海东部和中东地区的历史地震的情况。我们提出这样的问题：过去曾在何时何地发生过大地震？这些证据如何有助于我们对地震活动的科学理解？从文学和考古学角度看，是否有可能区分地震破坏和其他原因造成的破坏？人们发现，地震的考古证据并不总是明确或明确的，考古学家、历史学家、地质学家、工程地震学家和其他学科的工作人员需要合作，在挖掘中评估地震的痕迹，以便了解其对现场的影响，并提供有关地震性质的信息。
This article examines the use of archaeological evidence for the assessment of historical earthquakes in the Eastern Mediterranean region and Middle East, long before the advent of modern seismology. We ask the questions when and where have large earthquakes happened in the past? How can this evidence contribute to our scientific understanding of earthquake activity? Is it possible on literary and archaeological grounds to distinguish between earthquake damage and damage from other causes? It is found that archaeological evidence for an earthquake is not always clear or unambiguous and that there is a need for collaboration between archaeologists, historians, geologists, engineering seismologists and workers in other disciplines, to evaluate the traces of earthquakes in excavations, both for understanding their effects at the site and for the information they can provide about the nature of the earthquake implicated.