The Provenance of Sand in Mortars from Roman Villas in Ne Italy: a

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Autor(a) principal: schiavon, nick
Data de Publicação: 2009
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/1902
Resumo: The chemical- mineralogical composition of the sand fractions of mortars found in Roman villas dating from the 1st century A.C. located in Northern Italy has been investigated by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy plus energy dispersive spectroscopy microanalysis and x-ray diffractometry. The petrographic results on the mortar samples have been compared with mineralogical data available on recent fluvial sediments in rivers located near the archaeological sites investigated. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of this simple analytical approach as a useful tool in assisting in the determination of the provenance of the raw material used in Roman Age in the making of mortar for building construction purposes. Preliminary results indicate that a good correlation can be established between the mineralogical composition of the sand grains imbedded in the ancient mortars and the fluvial sand clasts present in rivers in areas nearby. This is particularly true when the river sands are characterized by distinct mineralogical markers.
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spelling The Provenance of Sand in Mortars from Roman Villas in Ne Italy: aRoman villasMortarSand ProvenanceMineralogical analysisThe chemical- mineralogical composition of the sand fractions of mortars found in Roman villas dating from the 1st century A.C. located in Northern Italy has been investigated by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy plus energy dispersive spectroscopy microanalysis and x-ray diffractometry. The petrographic results on the mortar samples have been compared with mineralogical data available on recent fluvial sediments in rivers located near the archaeological sites investigated. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of this simple analytical approach as a useful tool in assisting in the determination of the provenance of the raw material used in Roman Age in the making of mortar for building construction purposes. Preliminary results indicate that a good correlation can be established between the mineralogical composition of the sand grains imbedded in the ancient mortars and the fluvial sand clasts present in rivers in areas nearby. This is particularly true when the river sands are characterized by distinct mineralogical markers.Bentham Open2010-01-15T12:30:43Z2010-01-152009-12-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article3565517 bytesapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10174/1902http://hdl.handle.net/10174/1902engpag 32-391874-4576The Open Mineralogy Journal3livreschiavon@uevora.pt247schiavon, nickinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-03T18:37:52Zoai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/1902Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:57:42.605056Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title The Provenance of Sand in Mortars from Roman Villas in Ne Italy: a
spellingShingle The Provenance of Sand in Mortars from Roman Villas in Ne Italy: a
schiavon, nick
Roman villas
Mortar
Sand Provenance
Mineralogical analysis
title_short The Provenance of Sand in Mortars from Roman Villas in Ne Italy: a
title_full The Provenance of Sand in Mortars from Roman Villas in Ne Italy: a
title_fullStr The Provenance of Sand in Mortars from Roman Villas in Ne Italy: a
title_full_unstemmed The Provenance of Sand in Mortars from Roman Villas in Ne Italy: a
title_sort The Provenance of Sand in Mortars from Roman Villas in Ne Italy: a
author schiavon, nick
author_facet schiavon, nick
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv schiavon, nick
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Roman villas
Mortar
Sand Provenance
Mineralogical analysis
topic Roman villas
Mortar
Sand Provenance
Mineralogical analysis
description The chemical- mineralogical composition of the sand fractions of mortars found in Roman villas dating from the 1st century A.C. located in Northern Italy has been investigated by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy plus energy dispersive spectroscopy microanalysis and x-ray diffractometry. The petrographic results on the mortar samples have been compared with mineralogical data available on recent fluvial sediments in rivers located near the archaeological sites investigated. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of this simple analytical approach as a useful tool in assisting in the determination of the provenance of the raw material used in Roman Age in the making of mortar for building construction purposes. Preliminary results indicate that a good correlation can be established between the mineralogical composition of the sand grains imbedded in the ancient mortars and the fluvial sand clasts present in rivers in areas nearby. This is particularly true when the river sands are characterized by distinct mineralogical markers.
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