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DOI | 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.06.010 |
Building on an oasis in Garamantian times: Geoarchaeological investigation on mud architectural elements from the excavation of Fewet (Central Sahara, SW Libya) | |
Zerboni, Andrea1; Bernasconi, Andrea2; Gatto, Maria Carmela3; Ottomano, Caterina1; Cremaschi, Mauro1; Mori, Lucia4 | |
通讯作者 | Zerboni, Andrea |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
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ISSN | 0140-1963 |
EISSN | 1095-922X |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 157页码:149-167 |
英文摘要 | The paper describes the micromorphological and mineralogical properties of earthen architectural elements from the excavation of the Garamantian compound of Fewet (Central Sahara, SW Libya), settled between the 2nd century BC and the 1st century AD, and compares this evidence with a set of samples from historical to modern context of Saharan and Sub-Saharan Africa. At Fewet, the production of mud bricks, plasters, and mortars employed in the building of the compound required raw materials available near the settlement. The earthen elements lack almost completely clay and organic temper, and their main components are quartz grains (sandy to silty) and a calcareous and slightly organic mud, available beside former springs. Only plaster and mortars show the addition (in limited quantity) of finely subdivided vegetal remains to the mixture. The technology for earthen elements used in Garamantian times resembles those today applied at many localities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Finally, our analyses showed that in the last millennia archaeological sediments underwent limited postdepositional weathering, mostly related to solute redistribution after occasional rainfalls. Today, the same process affects traditional mud brick buildings. |
英文关键词 | Earthen architectural structures Late Holocene Saharan oasis Garamantian period Technological continuity |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Italy ; France ; England |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000442972800016 |
WOS关键词 | MICROMORPHOLOGY ; RECONSTRUCTION ; SPHERULITES ; ARCHIVE ; AFRICA ; FLOORS ; SUDAN ; HOUSE ; SITE ; WALL |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/210587 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Milan, Dipartimento Sci Terra A Desio, Via L Mangiagalli 34, I-20133 Milan, Italy; 2.ESRF European Synchrotron, Grenoble, France; 3.Univ Leicester, Sch Archaeol & Ancient Hist, Univ Rd, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England; 4.Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Sci Antichita, Via Volsci 122, I-00185 Rome, Italy |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zerboni, Andrea,Bernasconi, Andrea,Gatto, Maria Carmela,et al. Building on an oasis in Garamantian times: Geoarchaeological investigation on mud architectural elements from the excavation of Fewet (Central Sahara, SW Libya)[J],2018,157:149-167. |
APA | Zerboni, Andrea,Bernasconi, Andrea,Gatto, Maria Carmela,Ottomano, Caterina,Cremaschi, Mauro,&Mori, Lucia.(2018).Building on an oasis in Garamantian times: Geoarchaeological investigation on mud architectural elements from the excavation of Fewet (Central Sahara, SW Libya).JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,157,149-167. |
MLA | Zerboni, Andrea,et al."Building on an oasis in Garamantian times: Geoarchaeological investigation on mud architectural elements from the excavation of Fewet (Central Sahara, SW Libya)".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 157(2018):149-167. |
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