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Provenance study of limestones used for historical mortar production in the Great Moravian archaeological site Breclav-Pohansko, Czech republic

Authors

GREGEROVÁ Miroslava VŠIANSKÝ Dalibor KURDÍKOVÁ Ludmila

Year of publication 2013
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference MINERAL DEPOSIT RESEARCH FOR A HIGH-TECH WORLD, VOLS. 1-4
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Field Geology and mineralogy
Keywords Limestone; historical mortars; chemical composition
Description The paper gives an overview of identification possibilities of source limestones used for lime burning in the Breclav-Pohansko archaeological site. Limestones from four sites were examined: Skalica, Holic, Hlohovec, and the Palava Hill. The chemical compositions of limestones were compared to compositions of mortars and underburned limestones extracted from mortars. Hlohovec was excluded as a source site based on the results.
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