Archaeomagnetic study of a limekiln in the Les Ferreres Roman aqueduct, World Heritage Site of Tarraco
| Autor: | Lluís Casas, José Luis Prada, Joan Menchon, Marta Badia, Núria Guasch-Ferré, Miriam Gómez-Paccard, Africa Pitarch Martí, Moisés Díaz, Jorge Sanjurjo-Sánchez, C. Auguet |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BIOCOM-SC - Grup de Biologia Computacional i Sistemes Complexos |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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010506 paleontology
Archeology Morteros - Construcción 5505.01 Arqueología 5506.24 Historia de la Tecnología Aqueduct engineering.material Patrimonio cultural Edificació::Tècniques i sistemes constructius::Sistemes constructius tradicionals [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] 01 natural sciences Arqueología Puente del Diablo (Tarragona) Morteros de cal Sillares 0601 history and archaeology Arqueomagnetismo 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Lime Acueducto -Hidráulica UNESCO WH List 3305.15 Ingeniería Hidráulica 3305.06 Ingeniería Civil 060102 archaeology Archaeomagnetism Arquitectura [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] 06 humanities and the arts Campos electromagnéticos Geomagnetic field modeling Archaeology Mortar Cultural heritage Datació arqueològica Anthropology World heritage engineering Archaeological dating Dating 2202.08 Magnetismo Geology Archaeomagnetic dating |
| Zdroj: | RIARTE Consejo General de la Arquitectura Técnica de España (CGATE) UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname |
| Popis: | The aqueduct of Les Ferreres is a major element of the Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco. Although the ashlars of the aqueduct are stacked without mortar, lime was used in some parts and lime was certainly used in later repairs. Worthy of note is a coating mortar used in a well-documented restoration (1854–1856). In this study, a limekiln found near the Roman aqueduct has been archaeomagnetically dated to determine if it was used for the construction of the aqueduct or in later repairs. The mean values for the measured archaeomagnetic direction from the limekiln were compared with two different archaeomagnetic models (SCHA.DIF.3k and GUMF1), and both indicate that the limekiln is modern with ages only slightly older than the well-documented restoration. The extensive use of the coating mortar in that restoration is consistent with the need of onsite lime production. Additional archaeomagnetic intensity has not contributed to constrain further the obtained archaeomagnetic age but the intensity datum can be added to archaeomagnetic intensity datasets to enhance geomagnetic intensity field models. The paper illustrates how archaeomagnetic dating can be useful to characterize secondary structures of major cultural heritage monuments. © 2020, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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