Articolo in rivista, 2023, ENG, 10.1111/arcm.12853

Mortars in context: An integrated study of mortars and plasters from the so-called Ginnasio in Solunto (Sicily, Italy)

Boese B.; Amicone S.; Cantisani E.; Schön F.; Berthold C.

Competence Center Archaeometry--Baden-Wuerttemberg, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany; Competence Center Archaeometry--Baden-Wuerttemberg, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany, and University College London, Institute of Archaeology, London, United Kingdom; CNR-ISPC, Florence, Italy; Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, SFB 1070 ResourceCultures, Tübingen, Germany; Competence Center Archaeometry--Baden-Wuerttemberg, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany

This paper presents a multipronged scientific study of mortars and plasters of the so-called Ginnasio in the Hellenistic-Roman city of Solunto (Sicily, Italy). A selection of 16 well-contextualized samples was collected to represent different functions and building phases of this private house. The results show that a variety of locally available raw materials was used as aggregates and to produce binders. The diversity of raw materials' sources and production techniques identified in this study reveals the advanced technological knowledge of the builders of Solunto, indicating a complex relationship between the settlement's cityscape and its surrounding landscape

Archaeometry (Oxf., Online) , pp. 1–19

Keywords

building technology, Hellenistic-Roman period, mortars and plasters, petrography, raw materials, Solunto (Sicily), XRD, SEM-EDS

CNR authors

Cantisani Emma

CNR institutes

ISPC – Istituto di Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale

ID: 479222

Year: 2023

Type: Articolo in rivista

Creation: 2023-03-16 09:57:06.000

Last update: 2023-03-16 12:26:42.000

CNR authors

External IDs

CNR OAI-PMH: oai:it.cnr:prodotti:479222

DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12853