Abstract:There are several problems regarding the dating of the works in the historical buildings (see a review in Sanjurjo-Sánchez, 2012). Mortars are a potential material for dating of the built environment works, being ubiquitous and not reusable. Optical stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating can be applied to mortars with and without lime and considering the age interval of mortars from thousands of years up to a few decades. OSL dating is based on measuring the accumulated luminescence signal of aliquots (of one or… Show more
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