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Contextualising the birth of Mediterranean Archaeoseismology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2014

Simon Jusseret
Simon Jusseret*
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*Aegean Interdisciplinary Studies (AegIS-CEMA-INCAL), Université catholique de Louvain, Place B. Pascal 1, L3.03.13, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (E-mail: Simon.Jusseret@uclouvain.be)
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Archaeoseismology, investigating the effects of earthquakes on archaeological remains, has developed in recent decades into a flourishing multidisciplinary effort bringing together archaeologists, historians, geologists, seismologists, architects and engineers. Initially focusing on historical archaeological contexts in theMediterranean (cf. Stiros & Jones 1996), archaeoseismology—also known as earthquake archaeology (see Sintubin forthcoming for terminology)—has nowadays extended its traditional scope to prehistoric and historical cultures worldwide (see contributions in Sintubin et al. 2010 and Silva et al. 2011 for recent examples).

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Antiquity , Volume 88 , Issue 341 , September 2014 , pp. 964 - 974
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2014

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