Mortar and plaster

Naomi Crowley (Author)


Keywords:
Plasters, Mortar, Plaster Initial Microscopic Examination
Period(s):
1319, Fourteenth Centuries, Fourteenth Century, Medieval, Thirteenth Centuries, Thirteenth, 1261, Twelfth Century

Abstract


Initial microscopic examination identified three types of mortar and clay. Further analysis suggests that throughout the different phases of building the same sources of local sand were used for mortars and plasters.

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Published
01-01-2001
How to Cite
Crowley, Naomi. 2001. “Mortar and Plaster”. Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 1 (January):52-0. https://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/sair/article/view/402.