Qadhat-a comparative study of ancient and new lime mortar from the Marib province/Yemen
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5376816 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Weiß (0000-0002-3866-6874, Institut für Psychogerontologie), Iris Gerlach (Sana'a University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 87-94 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1866-9557 • E-ISSN: 1866-9565 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12520-009-0007-2 |
| OpenAlex | W1998549164 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Qadhat is the name for a lime mortar in Southern Arabia. Its usage has a long tradition. This work describes physical and mineralogical properties of ancient, historical and new samples, which seem to have been produced the same way. XRD, thin sections and SEM analyses show the similarity of the material. It consists of aggregates of volcanic material that are rich in volcanic glass and lime as binder. The production process includes several hours of crushing the material, which produces fine-grained splinters of aggregates in the binder matrix and gives the mortar a high stability. A weathering test with sodium sulphate on different samples confirms that the stability of this mortar is the result of the production process
Composite material · Geochemistry · Lime · Lime mortar · Metallurgy · Mineralogy · Mortar · Volcanic glass · Volcanic rock · Volcano · Weathering · Building materials and conservation · Conservation Techniques and Studies · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Materials Science · Geology
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| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |