Mineralogical Approaches to Archaeological Materials Technological and Social Insights

• Other Authors: Santacreu, Daniel (Editor), Carvajal López, José Cristóbal (Editor), Durán Benito, Adrián (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Biography & True Stories; Archaeology; carreaux de pavement; medieval pottery; archaeometry; mineralogical analysis; plumbiferous glaze; silicoaluminate engobe; reddish paste; ancient mortars; analytical characterization; Sorrento Peninsula; glass production; Spain; 16th century; µPIXE; glass kiln; production remains; objects; Italy; military equipment; bronze; pXRF; museum collections; non-destructive analysis; Roman mortars; aqueduct; microanalysis; red pozzolan; Sabatini Volcanic District; copper minerals; micro-XRF; petrographic analysis; rock fragment; pottery; ceramics; Early Bronze Age; Thrace; Almohad period; Al-Andalus; lead glazes; tin glazes; SEM-EDS; defensive structure; stone masonry bedding mortar; rammed earth; air lime; architectural heritage; architectural terracottas; production technology; Alba Fucens; technological choices; petrography; SEM-EDX; WDXRF; PXRD; heat transfer properties; fracture strength
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Archaeometry is based on the necessary interdisciplinary relationship between diverse branches of the natural and social sciences. This relationship is essential in archaeology, since, from physical materials (objects), scholars have to face questions that go beyond the limits of the tangible and pe...