Burn Marks on Buildings
Accidental or Deliberate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11903050 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Dean (0000-0003-3841-0841, University of East Anglia, corresponding author), Nick Hill (0000-0001-6799-7536, English Heritage, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-15 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Vernacular Architecture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5477 • E-ISSN: 1749-6292 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/0305547714z.00000000021 |
| OpenAlex | W2002668190 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Burn marks on buildings have generally been considered to be the result of accidents, and dismissed as meaningless. A detailed programme of archaeological experimentation has been carried out to establish how burn marks are caused, and field evidence has been drawn together from a wide range of sources. The experimental evidence indicates that the great majority of burn marks must have been made deliberately. The field survey has shown that burn marks are very widespread, with clear patterning of the activity. Although the motives behind the creation of these marks are not yet understood, it is clear that this very extensive new category of data must be added to the study of ritual marks in buildings
Accidental · Archaeology · Civil engineering · Field (mathematics · Field survey · Forensic engineering · Building materials and conservation · Engineering · Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods · History · Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |