Hydraulic structures of the Roman Mithraeum house in Augusta emerita, Spain

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2426-2432

  Robador, M D ^a   Perez Rodriguez, J L ^b   Duran, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Augusta Emerita; Ceramics; First century BC; Hydraulic structure; Roman mortars

Indexed keywords

ANORTHITE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; COATING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; IRON OXIDE; LIME; MICA; MORTAR; QUARTZ; ROMAN ERA; SILICATE;

SPAIN;

EMERITA;

EID: 77955308588     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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