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Characterization of Ancient Mortars from Minoan City of Kommos in Crete
Heritage, 2021 This work characterizes ancient mortars used in construction of the Bronze Age Minoan port at Kommos in Crete. The port dates from c. 1850 BCE with port facilities at the harbor and residences on the Central hillside and the Hilltop. A Greek, Phoenician,
Pagona-Noni Maravelaki +5 more
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Protection of Historical Mortars through Treatment with Suspensions of Nanoparticles
Heritage, 2023 Mortars, which are very important elements for the integrity of historic monuments, consist mainly of calcium carbonate and silicates in different proportions.
Efstathia I. Pavlakou +4 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares +5 more
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Applied Sciences, 2021 This paper intends to characterize the floor mortar layers (nucleus, rudus and statumen) of the high imperial mosaics of the domus integrated in the Museum of Archeology D. Diogo de Sousa, the oldest roman housing testimonies known in Braga, Portugal. It
Ana Fragata +4 more
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Properties of Roman lime mortars in ancient Lycia region [PDF]
AIP Conference Proceedings, 2018 In this study, the characteristics of mortars used in some ancient Roman buildings located Xanthos (Antalya), Patara (Antalya) and Tlos (Mugla) in Southern Turkey were determined in order to define the properties of the new mortars to be used in the conservation works of the buildings.
Taşcı, Burcu, Böke, Hasan
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Insights on the Mortars of Ancient Roman Aqueducts: Aqua Virgo and Aqueduct Y, Rome (Italy)
Buildings, 2023 Despite the archaeological importance of Aqua Virgo, a Roman aqueduct built in 19 BC and still functioning nowadays, there is a lack of information about the mortars coming from the inner duct.
Laura Calzolari +3 more
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The medieval lime mortars for carrying out dating of monuments (on the example of objects of Abkhazia of the 2-11th c.) [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 Results of research on development of complex techniques of chemical, petrographic, Xray phase and X-ray diffraction methods of medieval lime mortars studying are presented in the article. 12 samples from New Afon, Abkhazia have been studied.
Pishchulina Victoria +2 more
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Suitable classification of mortars from ancient roman and renaissance frescoes using thermal analysis and chemometrics [PDF]
, 2015 Background Literature on mortars has mainly focused on the identification and characterization of their components in order to assign them to a specific historical period, after accurate classification.
Campanella, Luigi +4 more
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Buildings, 2023 The popularity of natural cement (Roman cement) in buildings from the late 19th and the beginning of the 20th century and the high diversity of characteristics of natural cement demand research of mortar and binders used in the buildings of this period ...
Hamid Maljaee +2 more
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Analytical characterization of ancient mortars from the archaeological roman site of Pisões (Beja, Portugal) [PDF]
, 2019 The analytical characterization of mortar samples from the roman archaeological site of Pisões, located in Southern Portugal, were carried out by means of X-ray diffractometry (XRD), thermogravimetry (TGADTA), optical and electron scanning microscopy ...
Borsoi, G. +4 more
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