Ancient Mesoamerican Mortars, Plasters, and Stuccos

Comalcalco, Part II

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7601928
AutoresEdwin R Littmann (autor de correspondencia)
Año1958
Volumen23
Número3
Páginas292-296
Fecha de publicación1958-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/276311
OpenAlexW2332553311
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15

The initial paper in this series (Littmann 1957, American Antiquity, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 135-40) presented a systematic approach to the study of ancient building elements such as mortars, plasters, and stuccos, and set forth the bases upon which the work was undertaken. It also included studies on steps of the prebrick period of Temple IV at Comalcalco, Tabasco, Mexico, in which it was demonstrated that a building unit comprising a monolithic limeaggregate structure covered with a thin, limebased wash coat followed by a thicker coat of plaster was used. Such a unit appeared to have been used in both the original structure and subsequent additions or modifications throughout the prebrick period

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Mortar · Period (music) · Temple · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Building materials and conservation · Conservation Techniques and Studies · Geology · History