ANNALS of
GEOPHYSICS
[Special Issue_60_04_2017]
MONITORING and SEISMIC characterization of Archaeological Sites and Structures.
Edited by Paolo Clemente, Salomon Hailemikael, Giulano Milana, Luciana Orlando

Istituto Nazionale di Geofi sica e Vulcanologia

 ISSN 2037-416X



ANNALS of
GEOPHYSICS
[Special Issue_60_4_2017]
MONITORING AND SEISMIC characterization of Archaeological Sites Sites and Structures.

PREFACE
Paolo Clemente, Salomon Hailemikael, Giuliano Milana, Luciana Orlando                           S0447

ARTICLES

Analysis of  the seismic site effects along the ancient via Laurentina in Rome
Francesca Bozzano, Anna Buccellato, Fulvio Coletti, Salvatore Martino, Fabrizio Marra, Stefano Rivellino,
Chiara Varone                                       S0435

Geometry and seismic characterization of  the subsoil below the Amphitheatrum Flavium in Rome
Ettore Cardarelli, Michele Cercato, Luciana Orlando                        S0436

Investigating the foundation of  the Amphitheatrum Flavium through the passage of  Commodus
Luciana Orlando, Giorgio De Donno, Luca Di Giambattista, Lucia Palladini                 S0437

Sub-surface characterization of  the Amphitheatrum Flavium area in Rome, through single-station ambient 
vibration measurements
Salomon Hailemikael, Giuliano Milana, Fabrizio Cara, Maurizio Vassallo, Marta Pischiutta, Sara Amorso,
Paola Bordoni, Luciana Cantore, Giuseppe Di Giulio, Deborah Di Naccio, Daniela Famiani, Alessia Mercuri                S0438

Dynamic characteristics of  the Amphitheatrum Flavium northern wall from traffic-induced vibrations
Giovanni Bongiovanni, Giacomo Buffarini, Paolo Clemente, Dario Rinaldis, Fernando Saitta            S0439

Seismic Hazard Assessment for the protection of  Cultural Heritage in Greece: Methodological approaches 
for National and Local Scale assessment (pilot areas of  Aighio, Kalamata and Heraklion) 
Sotiris Sboras, John Andrew Dourakopoulos, Evaggelos Mouzakiotis, Pavlos Dafnis, Theodoros Palantzas,
Vassilis Karastathis, Nikos Voulgaris, Gerasimos-Akis Tselentis                                                                                              S0440

Ambient vibration recording on the Maddalena Bridge in Borgo a Mozzano, Italy: data analysis 
Riccardo Mario Azzara, Anna De Falco, Maria Girardi, Daniele Pellegrini                    S0441

Damage identification and seismic vulnerability assessment of  a historic masonry chimney
Maria-Giovanna Masciotta, Luis F. Ramos, Paulo B. Lourenço, Marcello Vasta                     S0442

Rectangular Blocks vs Polygonal Walls in Archaeoseismology
Klaus-G. Hinzen, Arnaud Montabert                                     S0443

The Ruin of  the Roman Temple of  Kedesh, Israel; Example of  a Precariously Balanced Archaeological 
Structure Used as a Seismoscope
Gregor Schweppe, Klaus-G. Hinzen, Shmuel Marco, Sharon K. Reamer, Moshe Fischer                    S0444



Vulnerability assessment of  archaeological sites to earthquake hazard: An indicator based method 
integrating spatial and temporal aspects 
Despina Minos-Minopoulos, Dale Dominey-Howes, Kosmas Pavlopoulos                     S0445

A study of  building vibrations induced by weak motions: effects of  earthquake excitation, cultural noise 
and wind speed 
Gaetano Riccio, Rocco Cogliano, Giuseppe Di Giulio, Antonio Fodarella, Stefania Pucillo, Antonio Rovelli                              S0446