Thermal analysis and archaeological chronology: The ancient mortars of the site of Baradello (Como, Italy)

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 572, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-84

  Corti, Cristina ^a   Rampazzi, Laura ^a   Bugini, Roberto ^b   Sansonetti, Antonio ^b   Biraghi, Marco ^c   Castelletti, Lanfredo ^c   Nobile, Isabella ^c   Orsenigo, Clelia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b Area della Ricerca Milano 3 Bicocca   (Italy)

^c Museo Archeologico 'Paolo Giovio'   (Italy)

Author keywords

Baradello; Binder aggregate ratio; Chronology; Hydraulicity index; Mediaeval mortar; TG DSC

Indexed keywords

THERMOANALYSIS;

ANCIENT MORTARS; ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE; ARTIFICIAL MATERIAL; BARADELLO; CHRONOLOGY; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; HYDRAULICITY INDEX; TG-DSC;

MORTAR;

EID: 84886005956     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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