ده سال تحقیق لرزه شناسی بقایای قدیمی در ارمنستان (2004-2013)

II. The observations made of the traditional rural constructions called “hazarashen” have not only enabled the dating of this building tradition to at least as early as the Hellenistic period (4th c. BC); they have also enabled identification of the lozenge-shaped deformation in these structures as a characteristic effect of the disturbances caused by the earthquake, a deformation resulting from and accompanied by compression or extension of the walls according to their position in relation to the direction of the ground motion.