New Insights of Historical Mortars Beyond Pompei: The Example of Villa del Pezzolo, Sorrento Peninsula
| Autor: | Claudia Di Benedetto, Piergiulio Cappelletti, Vincenza Guarino, Renata Esposito, Alberto De Bonis, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Sossio Fabio Graziano, Concetta Rispoli |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Rispoli, Concetta, Graziano, Sossio Fabio, Di Benedetto, Claudia, De Bonis, Alberto, Guarino, Vincenza, Esposito, Renata, Morra, Vincenzo, Cappelletti, Piergiulio |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
010506 paleontology
lcsh:QE351-399.2 Geochemistry 010502 geochemistry & geophysics Feldspar 01 natural sciences Archaeological science Peninsula Villa del Pezzolo 0105 earth and related environmental sciences sorrento peninsula geography geography.geographical_feature_category lcsh:Mineralogy Feature (archaeology) Geology Authigenic ancient mortars Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology ancient mortar Volcano constructive phases visual_art constructive phase raw materials visual_art.visual_art_medium multi-analytical characterization Sedimentary rock archaeometry Mortar production technology hydraulicity index |
| Zdroj: | Minerals Volume 9 Issue 10 Minerals, Vol 9, Iss 10, p 575 (2019) |
| Popis: | The topic of this study is the archaeometric characterization of mortars from Villa del Pezzolo, a Roman Villa located in Seiano (Napoli-Campania, Italy), dated between the 1st century B.C. and the 3rd century A.D. Mortars were analyzed by means of a multi-analytical approach (polarized optical microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersed spectrometry, thermal analyses and mercury intrusion porosimetry) according to existing recommendations. Analytical results evidenced the use of local geomaterials composed of sedimentary and volcanic aggregates in the mix design and confirmed the three distinct building phases identified by archaeologists. Volcanic tuff fragments, identified in the 1st building phase can be ascribed to Campanian Ignimbrite formation, widely cropping out in the Sorrento Peninsula, as confirmed by the presence of glassy shards, partially devitrified and replaced by authigenic feldspar, a typical feature of welded grey ignimbrite lithofacies (WGI). Volcanic aggregates in samples of the 2nd and 3rd building phases show, instead, the presence of leucite-bearing volcanic scoriae and garnet crystal fragments related to Somma-Vesuvius products. Study of these mortars allowed us to: (1) understand the production technologies (2) highlight use of materials with hydraulic behavior, such as volcanic and fictile fragments (3) confirm the three building phases from compositional features of mortars and (4) highlight the change over time of the volcanic aggregate for mortars mix-design. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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