Theme:
1. Artefacts, Buildings & Ecofacts
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Building Materials and Construction Techniques in Antiquity
Content:
Building materials are a subject seldom addressed in modern research, although all structures are made of them. For various reasons related to their banality, number and prevalence of forms, scholars are less interested in them and mention them only in passing.
Our session aims to deepen our knowledge of the history of construction. The purpose of the session is to improve the general awareness of the materials used in buildings from various historical periods discovered during archaeological exploration.
Several key questions will shape the contributions to this session: Which building materials were used in Ancient times? What interdisciplinary methods have been successfully involved in the research of building materials and techniques? Which type of interdisciplinary collaboration provides the best way to study building materials? By addressing these questions, this session will contribute to the study of building materials, ancient construction techniques, etc.
In this session, we would like to explore the use of different building materials such as wood, stone and mud used in the construction of roofs, of wheat straw and reed for thatches, as well as wood and tiles. All these materials, which rarely appear in archaeological research reports, have many properties that made them useful over time for the design of houses, fortifications, infrastructure works, tombs etc. The choice of building materials depended on many factors: traditions, fashion, climate and the resources offered by the environment of the respective era.
This session will be the starting point for a further systematic interdisciplinary approach to the study of building materials. In the future, it will be possible to develop more specialized sessions for different categories and historical periods. There is considerable potential for interdisciplinary research involving physicists, chemists, biologists, architects and other specialists.
Keywords:
building material, archaeological structures, construction techniques, bricks, wood, stones
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Session associated with CAA:
no
Session associated with DGUF:
no
Session associated with other:
Main organiser:
Mircea Negru (Romania) 1,2
Co-organisers:
Elena Klenina (Poland) 3
Affiliations:
1. Spiru Haret Unievrsity
2. University of Craiova
3. Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań
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