Mineral ore exploitation of the Lavreotike in southeast Attica reached its apogee in the 5th-4th centuries B.C. with silver revenues from the site contributing to the glo [...]

The natural pozzolans studied are commercial products and come from the volcanic islands of Milos and Kimolos as well as North Greece mainland. The materials were charact [...]

The consolidation process of old renders with loss of cohesion is nowadays performed usually with inorganic compatible products, such as calcium or barium hydroxide or et [...]

The Chapel of Bones, which belongs to S. Francisco Church, probably dated from the end of the sixteenth century is one of the best known monuments in Évora – Portugal. [...]

In southern Portugal over one hundred Roman villae have been identified; such villae are examples of typical Roman rural construction and have led to the characterisation [...]

Climatic and environmental conditions are often very severe for construction materials, namely in the presence of high humidity or in direct contact with water. However, [...]

The plasters of the 16th century Cavallerizza Courtyard in the Ducal Palace in Mantua (Italy) were designed to imitate natural stones (rustication work, carved marble, et [...]

A multidisciplinary research project has been initiated to study wall plaster fragments found in recent archaeological excavations in Marseilles. The chemical, petrograph [...]

The Santissimo Sacramento Convent, in Alcântara quarter in Lisbon, was an innovative architectural project in the 17th century and one of the most important ecclesiastic [...]

Bulk samples of mortars were collected from Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine historic constructions. The main scope of this work is to investigate the technological tran [...]

Renders and plasters have been continuously used for covering the masonry walls of dwellings even from the Neolithic period. This paper focuses on the analysis and charac [...]