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dc.contributor.authorallBottari, C.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italiaen
dc.contributor.authorallBottari, A.; Osservatorio Sismologico, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.en
dc.contributor.authorallCarveni, P.; Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.en
dc.contributor.authorallMastelloni, M.; Archaeological Museum of Messina, Messina, Italy.en
dc.contributor.authorallOllà, M.; Archaeological Superintendence of Messina,Messina, Italy.en
dc.contributor.authorallSpigo, U.; Archaeological Superintendence of Catania,Catania, Italyen
dc.date.accessioned2008-04-11T06:21:39Zen
dc.date.available2008-04-11T06:21:39Zen
dc.date.issued2008-03en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2122/3754en
dc.description.abstractThe archaeological site of Capo d’Orlando, located in NE Sicily was intensively inhabited during the Roman and Byzantine periods (3rd to the 7th century AD) during which a bath complex probably associated to a large villa extending seawards was built. Archaeoseismological research shows that during the Byzantine period (6th -7th century AD) this complex suffered damage: (1) collapse of the bath, (2) tilting of parallel dry masonry walls in the same direction, and (3) cracking of the floor in the bath. This damage might have been produced by a seismic event, where the level of destruction indicates a strong shaking. The historic record of earthquakes prior to the year 1000 AD is probably not complete. Actually, only four earthquakes are vaguely reported in the seismic literature for this time span. This lack of historical reports on seismic events does not necessarily mean that any earthquakes happened. Archaeoseismic data show that the island was not quiescent but on the contrary suffered several earthquakes. The analysis presented here, based on detailed site surveys, deals principally with seismic causes but it also takes into account other possible causes with regard to the observed damage.en
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisher.namediaRneten
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmetal Semeioticsen
dc.relation.ispartofseries1/1 (2008)en
dc.subjectarchaeoseismologyen
dc.subjectancient earthquakeen
dc.subjectCapo d’Orlandoen
dc.subjectSicilyen
dc.titleInvestigation of Archaeological Evidence for a Possible 6th-7th Century AD Earthquake in Capo d'Orlando (NE Sicily)en
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dc.description.statusPublisheden
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dc.description.pagenumber55-69en
dc.subject.INGV04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.05. Historical seismologyen
dc.identifier.doi10.3383/es.1.1.4en
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dc.description.obiettivoSpecifico3.10. Sismologia storica e archeosismologiaen
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dc.contributor.authorBottari, C.en
dc.contributor.authorBottari, A.en
dc.contributor.authorCarveni, P.en
dc.contributor.authorMastelloni, M.en
dc.contributor.authorOllà, M.en
dc.contributor.authorSpigo, U.en
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italiaen
dc.contributor.departmentOsservatorio Sismologico, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.en
dc.contributor.departmentDipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchaeological Museum of Messina, Messina, Italy.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchaeological Superintendence of Messina,Messina, Italy.en
dc.contributor.departmentArchaeological Superintendence of Catania,Catania, Italyen
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crisitem.author.deptIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OE, Catania, Italia-
crisitem.author.deptOsservatorio Sismologico, Universita` di Messina, Messina, Italy-
crisitem.author.deptDipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Universita` di Catania-
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crisitem.author.deptArchaeological Superintendence of Messina,Messina, Italy.-
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