Archaeomagnetic study of a limekiln in the Les Ferreres Roman aqueduct, World Heritage Site of Tarraco

Casas, Lluı̀s; Auguet, C.; Guasch-Ferré, Núria; Gómez‐Paccard, Miriam; Prada, José Luís; Martí, Àfrica Pitarch; Badia, Marta; Sanjurjo-Sánchez, Jorge; Díaz, Moisés; Menchon, Joan

doi:10.1007/s12520-020-01175-2

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“…Montesclaros is located approximately 140 km from Fuente de Cibeles of Madrid and approximately 15 km north of Talavera de la Reina (Toledo). The geology, numerous vestiges of historical quarries and old lime kilns (Casas et al, 2020) in this area have great geotouristic interest, comparable to other places in the world (Barroso et al 2018, Romana andFarabollini 2018).…”

Section: Historical Quarries Of Montes-claros Marble (Toledo-spain)mentioning

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Geotourism from Fuente de Cibeles of Madrid. History, Building Stones and Quarries

Freire-Lista

2020

Cad Lab Xeol Laxe

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Fuente de Cibeles of Madrid (Spain) represents Cybele goddess sitting on a carriage drawn by two lions. This sculptural set was carved in Montesclaros (Toledo-Spain) marble between 1777 and 1782. The sculptural set has experienced some modifications throughout its history. Two zoomorphic water-spouts carved in Colmenar de Oreja limestone, one in the shape of a dragon and another one in the shape of a bear, were installed in 1798. In 1895, the fountain changed of location, and two putti of Carrara marble were installed on the back of the fountain, expanding the rocky surface promontory on which the sculptural set stands. Two tiered basins made of granite were added in 1968, when the fountain acquired its current form.A geotouristic route was created based on Fuente de Cibeles and its main building stone, Montesclaros marble. An exhaustive description of the fountain was made, and its construction history was reviewed to elaborate the route. In this way, alternatives that diversify the conventional tourist options of the city of Madrid are presented. In addition, scientific data on historical quarries and the marble that forms part of the emblematic fountain is provided.

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Section: Historical Quarries Of Montes-claros Marble (Toledo-spain)mentioning

confidence: 89%

Geotourism from Fuente de Cibeles of Madrid. History, Building Stones and Quarries

Freire-Lista

2020

Cad Lab Xeol Laxe

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“…In the most fortunate cases, the evidence of production structures such as lime kilns are found (e.g. Vaschalde et al 2016;Toffolo et al 2017a;Casas et al 2020;Goguitchaichvili et al 2020), and the researcher can thus reconstruct the lime production process. There are also particular cases in which the slags, sintered during the burning process inside the inner lining of the lime kiln, have been reused inside the mortars.…”

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Mortars, plasters and pigments—research questions and sampling criteria

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Pizzo

Russa

2021

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Within the Topical Collection, this paper represents an introductory contribution aimed at describing and discussing the research questions and the sampling criteria in the field of mortars, plasters and pigments studies. The paper is divided into three parts. In the first part, some terminological issues are clarified and the building archaeology is introduced as an indispensable method for sampling and interpreting archaeometric results. In the second part, the most common research questions are presented and discussed. Some case studies are also reported to clarify what the expected results may be. The sampling problem is faced in the third part, where the criteria for a representative, functional and suitable selection are provided.

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Archaeomagnetic study of a limekiln in the Les Ferreres Roman aqueduct, World Heritage Site of Tarraco

Cited by 2 publications

References 24 publications

Geotourism from Fuente de Cibeles of Madrid. History, Building Stones and Quarries

Geotourism from Fuente de Cibeles of Madrid. History, Building Stones and Quarries

Mortars, plasters and pigments—research questions and sampling criteria

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