Technology of Medieval Mortars: An Investigation into the Use of Organic Additives.

This work proposes a multi-analytical approach to determine the additives in historical mortars, the use of which is widely described in bibliographical sources, but has rarely been reported in the literature. A protocol to thoroughly analyse mortars was created (optical microscopy, X-ray diffractio...

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Published in:	Archaeometry Vol. 58; no. 1; pp. 115 - 131
Main Authors:	Rampazzi, L., Colombini, M. P., Conti, C., Corti, C., Lluveras‐Tenorio, A., Sansonetti, A., Zanaboni, M.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Feb2016
Subjects:	Medieval archaeology Mortar Additives Infrared spectroscopy Thermal analysis
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