In recent decades, in the field of archaeology, increasing value has been attached to the concept of archaeoseismology, a term used to indicate archaeological analyses relating to the effects of an earthquake in standing ancient buildings, either ruined or conserved (wholly or in part). In the context of archaeological excavations , there are many applications conducted in Europe. By contrast, we see a sharp difference when we move on to consider archaeological analysis of historical buildings. The archaeology of construction  has produced valid attempts to draw up general methods of analysis of individual case studies by means of theoretical and methodological studies integrating archaeology with the protection of historical buildings from seismic effects.

Within this broad panorama, there is a debate relating to construction techniques for protecting and repairing as regards damage of seismic origin found in historic buildings . Although there are numerous studies in the ancient period on the effects of earthquakes, and on the desire to prevent, or mitigate, these effects by means of expedients corresponding mainly to the knowhow and beliefs which permeated societies, in the medieval period no in-depth area-wide archaeological study has been conducted in a European context; this absence is probably connected to the lack of historical sources reporting specific information on this issue. Studies resume in a more effective way in the case of modern and contemporary buildings, where, by contrast, the subject is addressed especially by architects and civil engineers in reference to the major restoration projects which have involved the numerous areas of Europe, and outside Europe, affected by recent earthquakes of medium and high macro-seismic intensity.

It is therefore vital to try to bridge this chronological lacuna, concentrated in the Medieval period, in which specific expedients were certainly adopted in buildings to deal with the needs of prevention or construction in reference to earthquakes.