The most recent workshop on mortar dating (25–27 Oct. 2018, Bordeaux, Montaigne
University, France), which closely followed the publication of an extensive round robin …

This work describes the compositional characterisation of coccciopesto and natural
pozzolanic mortars sampled in the Regio VI area of the archaeological site of Pompeii, with …

Archaeological chemistry is a subject of great importance to the study and methodology of
archaeology. This comprehensive text covers the subject with a full range of case studies …

This work shows the preliminary results of an international project for the interdisciplinary
study of the limestone used in the plasters of the ancient city of Teotihuacan. The limestone …

The present study focuses on the compositional characterisation of Roman, proto-Byzantine
and Medieval mortars, sampled in the archaeological site of Kyme (Turkey), an Aeolian city …

In this paper, the advances in the use of optical and electronic microscope for study of the
minero-petrographic and microchemical features of lime binders of ancient mortars are …

This paper presents the results of the compositional study of 29 samples of mortar from the
so‐called “Garum Shop”(I, 12, 8) at Pompeii in Southern Italy. The characterization of the …

This paper provides a multi-technical characterization of mortar samples from the Roman
city Complutum. It aims to contribute to future conservation projects as well as …

The aim of this research is to characterize the binder and aggregate fractions of sixteen
mortar samples from the bell tower of the St. Nicholas church at Pisa, using X-ray …

The laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technique was used for analyzing the
composition of an ancient Roman mortar (5th century AD), exploiting an experimental setup …