Mineral and mechanical characterization of earthen building materials from Argentina

Autores
Spengler, Gisela; Jiménez Milán, Juan; Campos Suñol, María José; Do Campo, Margarita Diana
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Fil: Spengler, Gisela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Arqueología; Argentina.
Fil: Jiménez Milán, Juan. Universidad de Jaén. Departamento de Geología; España.
Fil: Campos Suñol, María José. Universidad de Jaén. Departamento de Geología; España.
Fil: Do Campo, Margarita Diana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotopica. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotopica; Argentina.
El apoyo económico fue proporcionado por el grupo de investigación RNM-325 de la Junta de Andalucía, y el proyecto UBACyT F086 de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Esta investigación fue realizada por una Beca de Doctorado del CONICET y una Beca de Posgrado de la AUIP.
Macla No. 16 (2012): Comunicaciones del Congreso SEM-SEA 2012, reunión conjunta de las sociedades españolas de Mineralogía (XXXII Reunión) y Arcillas (XXII Reunión), celebrado en Bilbao entre el 27 y 30 de Junio de 2012. Editores invitados: José Miguel Herrero, Javier Arostegi y Pedro Pablo Gil.
The use of sediments for the construction of earthen buildings was a technological development used in every continent, from prehistoric times until the present. Earthen building techniques are varied, and they can be classified in three general types: monolithic systems (rammed earth), brickworks (adobe o mudbrick), mixed systems (wattle and daub) and earthen plasters and mortars. Nevertheless, the recognition of archaeological evidence indicative of these kind of buildings is problematical, because this kind of architecture is vulnerable to destruction by weathering, especially by wind and water erosion. Rainer (2008) emphasized that, in addition to environmental variables, the type of building material is a key factor affecting their composition and deterioration. The presence of swelling clays, hydrolytic weathering of minerals, mechanical erosion produced by rain drops, meteo-climatic factors, and discontinuities produced by the geological materials are among the major causes that produce the physical and chemical deterioration of the earthen architecture. The determination of texture, plasticity and mineralogy is important to understand the behaviour of earthen building materials (Spengler et al. 2011). However, detailed mineral and petrographic investigations on the earthen building materials from Andean prehispanic cultures are scarces, and over NW Argentine cultures were never carried out. The aim of this contribution is to fill in part this gap. A petrographic classification of the earthen building materials will certainly contribute to understand their weathering and decay processes, and to define parameters for their determination in archaeological contexts.
Fuente
Macla;16
Materia
Archaeological materials
Andean cultures
Earthen buildings
XRD
Petrography
Materiales arqueológicos
Clturas andinas
Tapial
Adobe
XRD
Petrografía
Arqueología
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
Condiciones de uso
Repositorio
Filo Digital (UBA-FFyL)
Institución
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Mineral and mechanical characterization of earthen building materials from Argentina
title Mineral and mechanical characterization of earthen building materials from Argentina
spellingShingle Mineral and mechanical characterization of earthen building materials from Argentina
Spengler, Gisela
Archaeological materials
Andean cultures
Earthen buildings
XRD
Petrography
Materiales arqueológicos
Clturas andinas
Tapial
Adobe
XRD
Petrografía
Arqueología
title_short Mineral and mechanical characterization of earthen building materials from Argentina
title_full Mineral and mechanical characterization of earthen building materials from Argentina
title_fullStr Mineral and mechanical characterization of earthen building materials from Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Mineral and mechanical characterization of earthen building materials from Argentina
title_sort Mineral and mechanical characterization of earthen building materials from Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Spengler, Gisela
Jiménez Milán, Juan
Campos Suñol, María José
Do Campo, Margarita Diana
author Spengler, Gisela
author_facet Spengler, Gisela
Jiménez Milán, Juan
Campos Suñol, María José
Do Campo, Margarita Diana
author_role author
author2 Jiménez Milán, Juan
Campos Suñol, María José
Do Campo, Margarita Diana
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Archaeological materials
Andean cultures
Earthen buildings
XRD
Petrography
Materiales arqueológicos
Clturas andinas
Tapial
Adobe
XRD
Petrografía
Arqueología
topic Archaeological materials
Andean cultures
Earthen buildings
XRD
Petrography
Materiales arqueológicos
Clturas andinas
Tapial
Adobe
XRD
Petrografía
Arqueología
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Fil: Spengler, Gisela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Arqueología; Argentina.
Fil: Jiménez Milán, Juan. Universidad de Jaén. Departamento de Geología; España.
Fil: Campos Suñol, María José. Universidad de Jaén. Departamento de Geología; España.
Fil: Do Campo, Margarita Diana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotopica. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotopica; Argentina.
El apoyo económico fue proporcionado por el grupo de investigación RNM-325 de la Junta de Andalucía, y el proyecto UBACyT F086 de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Esta investigación fue realizada por una Beca de Doctorado del CONICET y una Beca de Posgrado de la AUIP.
Macla No. 16 (2012): Comunicaciones del Congreso SEM-SEA 2012, reunión conjunta de las sociedades españolas de Mineralogía (XXXII Reunión) y Arcillas (XXII Reunión), celebrado en Bilbao entre el 27 y 30 de Junio de 2012. Editores invitados: José Miguel Herrero, Javier Arostegi y Pedro Pablo Gil.
The use of sediments for the construction of earthen buildings was a technological development used in every continent, from prehistoric times until the present. Earthen building techniques are varied, and they can be classified in three general types: monolithic systems (rammed earth), brickworks (adobe o mudbrick), mixed systems (wattle and daub) and earthen plasters and mortars. Nevertheless, the recognition of archaeological evidence indicative of these kind of buildings is problematical, because this kind of architecture is vulnerable to destruction by weathering, especially by wind and water erosion. Rainer (2008) emphasized that, in addition to environmental variables, the type of building material is a key factor affecting their composition and deterioration. The presence of swelling clays, hydrolytic weathering of minerals, mechanical erosion produced by rain drops, meteo-climatic factors, and discontinuities produced by the geological materials are among the major causes that produce the physical and chemical deterioration of the earthen architecture. The determination of texture, plasticity and mineralogy is important to understand the behaviour of earthen building materials (Spengler et al. 2011). However, detailed mineral and petrographic investigations on the earthen building materials from Andean prehispanic cultures are scarces, and over NW Argentine cultures were never carried out. The aim of this contribution is to fill in part this gap. A petrographic classification of the earthen building materials will certainly contribute to understand their weathering and decay processes, and to define parameters for their determination in archaeological contexts.
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