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Historical Heritage: A Study to Conservation [PDF]

, 2012
Considering ancient monuments and historical buildings, it seems that these mortars have proved to be durable and reliable materials. The restoration and maintenance of old renders is one of the key aspects of correct rehabilitation practice.
Borges, Cristina, Borsoi, Giovanni, Silva, António Santos, Veiga, Rosário   +3 more
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Decoding Roman construction techniques through a multiproxy study of pozzolanic mortars from the Brick Amphitheater of Nola (Campania, Southern Italy)

Case Studies in Construction Materials
The long-lasting performance of ancient pozzolanic mortars highlights the advanced expertise of Roman builders. By intentionally mixing lime with specific volcanic materials, like ash or sand, the Romans developed hydraulic mortars and concretes that ...
Serena Spadavecchia, Giovanna Montesano, Concetta Rispoli, Martina Mercurio, Mario Cesarano, Assunta Campanile, Barbara Liguori, Paola Petrosino, Piergiulio Cappelletti   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Soil micromorphology for construction science: the mortar archaeometry [PDF]

, 2012
Micromorphology revealed in depth evaluation of materials particularly soil micromorphology yielded numerous data on processes such as formation, neoformation and transformation of minerals and microstructure in soils, pottery and construction materials.
Akça, Erhan, Binici, Hanifi, Kapur, Selim, Zucca, Claudio   +3 more
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A petro-chemical study of ancient mortars from the archaeological site of Kyme (Turkey) [PDF]

, 2015
Fourteen samples of ancient mortars (joint mortars and plasters) from the archaeological site of Kyme (Turkey) were studied by optical microscopy (OM), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM-EDS ...
Antonelli, F, Apollaro, C, Bloise, A, Bruno, N, Catalano, M, Columbu, S, Crisci, Gm, De Luca, R, La Marca, A, Lezzerini, M, Mancuso, S, Miriello, D   +11 more
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Fats, Fire and Bronze Age Funerary Rites: Organic Residue Analysis of Wide Horizontal Rim Vessels From Burial Contexts in Northwest Portugal

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents the first GC‐MS–based analyses of wide horizontal rim vessels with well‐defined funerary contexts, from Middle Bronze Age Portugal (Quinta do Amorim 2 and Pego). Organic residues from two vessels revealed ruminant fats and plant oils, alongside molecular markers of heat exposure.
João Vinícius Back, César Oliveira, Ana M. S. Bettencourt, Hugo Aluai Sampaio, Luciano Vilas Boas, Luís Gonçalves   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multidisciplinary Approach to Characterize Archaeological Materials and Status of Conservation of the Roman Thermae of Reggio Calabria Site (Calabria, South Italy)

Applied Sciences, 2020
This multidisciplinary research focuses on diagnostic investigations to characterize the archaeological materials, as well as the alteration and degradation forms detected at the Roman Thermae of Reggio Calabria (Calabria, South Italy) site.
Michela Ricca, Clara Enza Urzì, Natalia Rovella, Alessandro Sardella, Alessandra Bonazza, Silvestro Antonio Ruffolo, Filomena De Leo, Luciana Randazzo, Anna Arcudi, Mauro Francesco La Russa   +9 more
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Multi-technical characterization of Roman mortars from Complutum, Spain

Measurement, 2019
This paper provides a multi-technical characterization of mortar samples from the Roman city Complutum. It aims to contribute to future conservation projects as well as archaeological research on Roman construction techniques. Archaeological mortar samples were analysed via binder aggregate ratio, grain size distribution and POM, XRD, SEM/EDS, TGA/DSC,
Fort González, Rafael, Ergenç, D.
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14C dating of the lime burial of Cova de Na Dent (Mallorca, Spain): optimization of the sample preparation and limitations of the method [PDF]

, 2015
Lime burials are a characteristic phenomenon of the protohistoric funerary tradition on the Balearic Islands. At Cova de Na Dent, six samples, representing the entire stratigraphy of the lime burial, were taken for analysis.
Borms, Herlinde, Boudin, Mathieu, De Mulder, Guy, Hayen, Roald, Ramis, Damia, Salas Burguera, Magdalena, van den Brande, Tess, Van Strydonck, Mark   +7 more
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Medicine for the Material World

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is clear that many of the inorganic materials of antiquity have been used both as medicines for human ills and also as agents in technological processes. This paper speculates that there might have been a stronger link between these two functions in the past, based on the concept of “active agents”—materials that are efficacious at curing ...
A. M. Pollard
wiley   +1 more source

Construction Materials Used in the Historical Roman Era Bath in Myra

The Scientific World Journal, 2014
The physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of mortars and bricks used in the historical building that was erected at Myra within the boundaries of Antalya Province during the Roman time were investigated.
Cem Oguz, Fikret Turker, Niyazi Ugur Kockal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source