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Guerra García, Pablo and Sanz Arauz, David (2011). Researching in ancient engineering physical and chemical analysis in hidraulic roman mortars. In: "5th International Congress "Science and Technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Basin", 22/11/2011 - 25/11/2011, Estambul, Turquia. pp. 170-200.
Title: | Researching in ancient engineering physical and chemical analysis in hidraulic roman mortars |
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Item Type: | Presentation at Congress or Conference (Article) |
Event Title: | 5th International Congress "Science and Technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Basin |
Event Dates: | 22/11/2011 - 25/11/2011 |
Event Location: | Estambul, Turquia |
Title of Book: | Proceedings of 5th International Congress "Science and Technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Basin |
Date: | 2011 |
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Faculty: | E.T.S. Arquitectura (UPM) |
Department: | Construcción y Tecnología Arquitectónica |
Creative Commons Licenses: | Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial |
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Around ten years ago investigation of technical and material construction in Ancient Roma has advanced in favour to obtain positive results. This process has been directed to obtaining some dates based in chemical composition, also action and reaction of materials against meteorological assaults or post depositional displacements. Plenty of these dates should be interpreted as a result of deterioration and damage in concrete material made in one landscape with some kind of meteorological characteristics. Concrete mixture like calcium and gypsum mortars should be analysed in laboratory test programs, and not only with descriptions based in reference books of Strabo, Pliny the Elder or Vitruvius. Roman manufacture was determined by weather condition, landscape, natural resources and of course, economic situation of the owner. In any case we must research the work in every facts of construction. On the one hand, thanks to chemical techniques like X-ray diffraction and Optical microscopy, we could know the granular disposition of mixture. On the other hand if we develop physical and mechanical techniques like compressive strength, capillary absorption on contact or water behaviour, we could know the reactions in binder and aggregates against weather effects. However we must be capable of interpret these results. Last year many analyses developed in archaeological sites in Spain has contributed to obtain different point of view, so has provide new dates to manage one method to continue the investigation of roman mortars. If we developed chemical and physical analysis in roman mortars at the same time, and we are capable to interpret the construction and the resources used, we achieve to understand the process of construction, the date and also the way of restoration in future.
Item ID: | 13324 |
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DC Identifier: | https://oa.upm.es/13324/ |
OAI Identifier: | oai:oa.upm.es:13324 |
Deposited by: | Memoria Investigacion |
Deposited on: | 30 Oct 2012 10:51 |
Last Modified: | 07 May 2020 10:27 |