Evaluation of binder/aggregate ratios in archaelogical lime mortars with carbonate aggregate: A comparative assessment of chemical, mechanical and microscopic approaches

Archaeometry

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 671-689

  Casadio, F ^a   Chiari, G ^b   Simon, S ^c  

^a Designed Objects Sch Art Inst C   (United States)

^b GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Rathgen Forschungslabor   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binder aggregate ratios; Carbonate aggregate; Digital image analysis; Mortars

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; LIME; MORTAR;

EID: 27644477536     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2005.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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