Properties of Roman lime mortars in ancient Lycia region

Archaeometric Study and Restoration Implementation of Archaeological Roman Adobe Bath at Karanis – Fayoum, Egypt

“…Furthermore, specialists define "Cocciopesto" as a waterproof building material used as wall and floor covering in water tanks and aqueducts. It is characterized by fragments of crushed or ground terracotta from tiles, bricks or pottery mixed with a lime-based binding substance like modern cement [12].…”

Pore structure and interdisciplinary analyses in Roman mortars: Building techniques and durability factors identification

“…The high number of pores with a diameter less than 1 μm is evidence of a hydraulic lime phase within the matrix. To contextualize the mortars, Table 6 allows a comparison among the main physical properties of the analysed materials and Roman mortars from water-related and/or coetaneous buildings analysed in recent research works during the last 10 years [5,9,11,15,54,57,17,[57][58][59][60][61][62][63].…”

“…Table 7 provides the compositional characterization of Roman mortars from water-related and/or coetaneous buildings [5,9,11,15,54,57,17,[57][58][59][60][61][62][63]. The Baelo Claudia mortars are quite similar in terms of chemical composition to those of similar constructions.…”

“…Fig. 20 summarizes the main findings from the experimental campaign in relation to durability and manufacturing techniques.To contextualize the mortars, Table6allows a comparison among the main physical properties of the analysed materials and Roman mortars from water-related and/or coetaneous buildings analysed in recent research works during the last 10 years[5,9,11,15,54,57,17,[57][58][59][60][61][62][63].In the reviewed works, the real density values are quite similar among them, ranging from 2.37 to 2.74 g/cm 3 (only a higher value was…”