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Combey, Andy
Tricoche, Agnès
Audin, Laurence
Gandreau, David
Benavente Escobar, Carlos Lenin
Bastante Abuhadba, José
Tavera, Hernando
Rodríguez-Pascua, Miguel Ángel
Andes
Cusco
Perú
2021-09-21T20:47:58Z
2021-09-21T20:47:58Z
2021-11
Combey, A., Tricoche, A., Audin, L., Gandreau, D., Benavente, C., Abuhadba, J. B., Tavera, H. & Rodríguez-Pascua, M. Á. (2021). Monumental Inca remains and past seismic disasters: A relational database to support archaeoseismological investigations and cultural heritage preservation in the Andes. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 111, 103447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103447
0895-9811
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12544/3285
As recent dramatic and numerous examples demonstrate, earthquakes still constitute a significant threat to cultural heritage (Bam 2003; L’Aquila 2009; Haiti 2010; Nepal 2015). By damaging the historical legacy, telluric phenomena affect economic and touristic incomes and alter regional identities and collective psyche. In the Andes, as in other emerging regions across the globe, deficient seismic hazard assessments, constant lack of resources, and inadequate maintenance programs are additional challenges for cultural heritage management. As part of our archaeoseismological investigation in the Cusco area (Peru), we developed a relational database, which seeks to identify, record and inventory seismic damage in pre-Columbian architecture. This work presents the main characteristics of the structure and design of the RISC (“Risque sismique, Incas et Société à Cusco”) database and its contribution in supporting the fieldwork organization and facilitating the data acquisition. The collected architectonical evidence constitutes the first large archaeoseismological dataset in South America and will provide valuable complementary data in Peru to regional seismic hazard studies. We here aim to demonstrate that an ergonomic and user-friendly interface has a role to play in supervising and preserving the cultural heritage in active seismic areas. By converting ad-hoc surveys into routine inspections, RISC could become an effective low-tech monitoring system, providing relevant support for disaster risk reduction plans in archaeological sites conservation. We stress the necessity of adopting cost-effective and easy-to-implement tools for cultural heritage monitoring in emerging countries through this case study. Our database may represent a relevant methodological background and template for further initiatives in both fields of archaeoseismology and cultural heritage protection.
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Elsevier
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Repositorio Institucional INGEMMET
Instituto Geológico, Minero y Metalúrgico – INGEMMET
Arqueosismología
Riesgo sísmico
Patrimonio cultural
Bases de datos
Archaeoseismology
Seismic hazard
Cultural heritage
Monumental Inca remains and past seismic disasters: A relational database to support archaeoseismological investigations and cultural heritage preservation in the Andes
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http://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.06
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103447
Journal of South American Earth Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103447
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Journal of South American Earth Sciences, volumen 111, artículo 103447, 2021

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