Approaching Architectural Recycling in Roman and Late Roman Villas

Munro, Beth

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“…It has been already established that Romans transported the volcanic pozzolanic materials (pozzolana) for mortars from the Bay of Naples along the Italian coast, and it was also assumed that it was the case with the wide Mediterranean area [43]. Recently, during the research on mor-tars used in the harbor of Sebastos in Cesarea Maritima, Israel, volcanic pozzolanic materials imported from the Bay of Naples were detected, but their use was "accurate", limited to the concrete-like structures and masonry walls in the intertidal zone, which confirmed the Roman optimization in the supply of raw materials [44], (p. 19).…”

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“…The processes of reuse and recycling are both related to the repeated use of some material, in its initial or new shape, but their historical visibility as archaeological traces is not always completely clear [18]. During recycling, materials in new forms can also acquire new functions [19], when objects are decomposed into constituent elements or melted, with each activity requiring energy. In the process of reuse, no initial energy is usually needed to change the object, but on the other hand, cognitive processes related to its new meaning are included.…”

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“…A special type of reuse is repurpose [18]. As an intermediate step between reuse and recycling, the researchers mention reworking, in which already used elements are processed, but their state is not changed [19].…”

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“…After their use ceased, some Roman buildings were systematically rebuilt in order to obtain material that was reused in the same locality or transported further. Research into the reuse and recycling of materials in Roman construction has been mostly conducted about marble and stone spolia, but still very little about the other materials [19]. However, in the field of construction and decoration, Romans recycled a variety of elements made from stone, clay, wood, metal, or textile, among which are stone blocks or slabs, bricks, and mortars [20].…”

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Recycling and Reuse of Building Materials in a Historical Landscape. Viminacium Natural Brick (Serbia)

Nikolić¹,

Delić-Nikolić²,

Jovičić³

et al. 2023

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During the MoDeCo2000 scientific and research project on mortars used in the territory of the Roman Danube Limes in Serbia, the biggest challenge was the quest for the provenance of used raw materials. The area where the largest city in the province of Moesia Superior developed, with millennial continuity of land use and settlement, was selected as a case study for deeper research. The material and immaterial values of Roman Viminacium have survived in the later life of the landscape, through the preserved building remains and artifacts, secondary use of building materials, but also toponyms, customs, and stories. Recycling of materials is commonly recognised in the modern age as the industrial processing of existing products in order to obtain raw materials and later prepare new products, representing one of the basic elements of sustainability. However, people throughout history have always used what they had at hand and the building remains were reused, but also recycled for new constructions. In this study we follow the presence of the specific material we call natural brick in the historical Viminacium landscape, focusing on Roman construction and specifically its potential use in lime mortars, connecting humanistic and natural sciences.

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Recycling and Reuse of Building Materials in a Historical Landscape. Viminacium Natural Brick (Serbia)

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Jovičić³

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“…Ao observarmos as técnicas empregadas pelos romanos no processo construtivo, identificamos o reaproveitamento de materiais e estruturas púnicas. Assim, os conceitos de reuso e reciclagem, tal qual propostos por Munro (2011), serão fundamentais para a compreensão do novo urbanismo romano aplicado à antiga cidade púnica.…”

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Todos os caminhos levam à groma: Byrsa e a refundação de Cartago no projeto augustano (29 a.C. ? 14 d.C.)

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After a series of conflicts between the Carthaginians and the Romans, the Punic defeat resulted in the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC. Just over a hundred years later, a project to refound the city was conceived, but the political conflicts in which Rome was involved made its execution a real challenge. It was up to Augustus to carry out the refoundation of Carthage, which received a Roman configuration and whose bases had to be settled under the Punic rubble. This dissertation aims to understand the main characteristics of this constructive project and the ways in which it established ruptures and continuities with the old settlement. The analysis of the material documentation, ontological constitution of the formation process of the archaeological site, made it possible to reconstitute some of the stages that followed in the construction site. The result of this Augustan project for Carthage was the creation of a sui generis urban landscape for the colony that was chosen as the capital of Africa proconsularis.

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The reuse of ancient tuff blocks in early medieval construction in Rome

Andrews

2023

J. Roman Archaeol.

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This paper analyzes the reuse of ancient tuff blocks in early medieval architecture in Rome, in both papal and private structures. The blocks are a well-known phenomenon, but they have not yet received any focused study. Short discussions in earlier scholarship have typically described them in utilitarian terms. I first identify a pattern of targeted reuse in papal building projects. I then argue that they would also have had symbolic value for an independent papacy wanting to display power. For later private builders, I propose that the blocks became prestige materials displayed on the houses of an ever-tightening aristocracy eager to be seen within some of the city's most important monumental spaces. I consider how the city's ancient monuments and their pieces were viewed in the early medieval period and how the blocks’ ancient contexts contributed to the symbolic value that I identify in them.

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Approaching Architectural Recycling in Roman and Late Roman Villas

Abstract: There has been growing interest over the past 15 years in the study of the functional re-use of Roman architecture and how re-used materials contributed to the reconstruction of ancient

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Recycling and Reuse of Building Materials in a Historical Landscape. Viminacium Natural Brick (Serbia)

Recycling and Reuse of Building Materials in a Historical Landscape. Viminacium Natural Brick (Serbia)

Todos os caminhos levam à groma: Byrsa e a refundação de Cartago no projeto augustano (29 a.C. ? 14 d.C.)

The reuse of ancient tuff blocks in early medieval construction in Rome

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