TY - JOUR
T1 - The Cluny Priory of Castelletto Cervo (Biella, Italy)
T2 - Archaeometric study of mortars
AU - Basso, Elena
AU - Ardizio, Gabriele
AU - Destefanis, Eleonora
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/3
Y1 - 2018/3
N2 - The Cluny Priory of Castelletto Cervo (Biella, Piedmont) was deeply investigated from 2006 to 2014, in a multidisciplinary project. This contribution deals with the methodological approach followed for the archaeometric study of mortars, and the results in term of material knowledge and reading of the building phases in a time interval of about a millennium. Petrographic observations combined with microchemical data showed that the local raw materials were exploited during a very long time span: the aggregates are polygenic sands, with a high percentage of volcanic rock grains, coming from the hydric basins of the Cervo River, and its tributary Ostola; the binders are mainly Mg-bearing lime, with a strong hydraulic component due to the reaction between the binder and the volcanic grains of the aggregate. A good match between mortars composition and building phases was determined only for some of the earliest phases of the monastery.
AB - The Cluny Priory of Castelletto Cervo (Biella, Piedmont) was deeply investigated from 2006 to 2014, in a multidisciplinary project. This contribution deals with the methodological approach followed for the archaeometric study of mortars, and the results in term of material knowledge and reading of the building phases in a time interval of about a millennium. Petrographic observations combined with microchemical data showed that the local raw materials were exploited during a very long time span: the aggregates are polygenic sands, with a high percentage of volcanic rock grains, coming from the hydric basins of the Cervo River, and its tributary Ostola; the binders are mainly Mg-bearing lime, with a strong hydraulic component due to the reaction between the binder and the volcanic grains of the aggregate. A good match between mortars composition and building phases was determined only for some of the earliest phases of the monastery.
KW - Building archaeology
KW - Building phases
KW - Cluny Priory
KW - Mortars
KW - Petrography
KW - SEM-EDS
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U2 - 10.1016/j.measurement.2017.08.022
DO - 10.1016/j.measurement.2017.08.022
M3 - Article
SN - 0263-2241
VL - 118
SP - 330
EP - 338
JO - Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation
JF - Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation
ER -