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However, numerical simulations have dominated the majority of research on seismic metamaterials, with relatively few field experiments validating their effectiveness. Additionally, the focus has primarily been on attenuating Rayleigh waves, with less attention given to Love waves. In this study, we first designed a seismic metamaterial featuring a periodic and symmetric array of square holes using numerical simulations as our research platform. We then explored its attenuation effects on Rayleigh waves, particularly Love waves, through field experiments. The results revealed not only differences in energy attenuation between these wave types but, more importantly, uncovered a phenomenon that we termed Bandgap-Induced Attenuation Mode Inversion within the ultra-broadband gap that was generated by the seismic metamaterials, where Love waves exhibited greater attenuation than Rayleigh waves below 50 Hz, while Rayleigh waves exhibited greater attenuation above 50 Hz. 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