Assessment of material characteristics of ancient concretes, Grande Aula, Markets of Trajan, Rome

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2481-2492

  Jackson, Marie D ^a   Logan, John M ^b   Scheetz, Barry E ^c   Deocampo, Daniel M ^d   Cawood, Carl G ^e   Marra, Fabrizio ^f   Vitti, Massimo ^g   Ungaro, Lucrezia ^h  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications   (United States)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^g Ufficio Fori Imperiali   (Italy)

^h Servizio V   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancient Rome; Concrete; Point load tests; Pozzolanic mortar; Str tlingite; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BRAZILIAN TEST; CONCRETE; MICROCRACK; MORTAR; PETROGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DELLA;

EID: 69949161550     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.07.011     Document Type: Review

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