Chemical and mineralogical characterization of historic mortars from the Santa Eulalia de Bóveda temple, NW Spain

Characterisation of archaeological mortars and plasters from kyme (Turkey)

“…As a mixture of lime, sand and water, mortars reflect the building technology of the civilisation. Thus, mortars may supply us with important information on local raw materials used to make them, and on the constructive history of a monument (Franzini et al, 2000;Moropoulou et al, 2000Moropoulou et al, , 2003Crisci et al, 2004;Miriello and Crisci, 2006;Riccardi et al, 2007;Carò et al, 2008;Barba et al, 2009;Miriello et al, 2010aMiriello et al, , 2010bVillaseñor and Graham, 2010;Sanjurjo-Sánchez et al, 2010).…”

Across Space and Time

“…This is a building probably originating between the 5th and 6th centuries CE (Sanjurjo-Sánchez et al 2010, as well as further references below) as a partially underground square hall plus narthex, featuring a square pool in the centre (Fig. 2).…”

“…The arcades, upper level and staircase were gone by the late 20th century, when archaeological and restoration works added some access elements so that the building could be opened to visitors. Please note that the dates we are using in this paper are still very tentative, and work is being done to obtain more precise knowledge through the dating of the mortar samples by optically-stimulated luminescence (OSL), as advanced in Sanjurjo-Sánchez et al (2010). The major concern of this paper is not to show the exact dates of the monument, but to show that a building such as Santa Eulalia is the result of a long process that sequentially produces changes in its structure and function.…”

Analytical characterization of ancient mortars from the archaeological roman site of Pisões (Beja, Portugal)

“…quartz, feldspars, mica, schist, shale, granitic and greywacke lithoclasts). These mortars were identified in ancient houses and structures in the roman cities of Ammaia [5], Mértola [6], Tróia [7], Conímbriga [8,9], Lucus Augusti [10], Pollentia [11], Segobriga [12] and Augusta Emerita [13].…”