Productive and Social Practices in Prehistoric and Protohistoric Earthen Building.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pastor Quiles, María.

Contributor:

Pastor Quiles, María.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Prehistoric.

Building, Adobe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bicester : Archaeopress, 2026.

Summary:

Bringing together international research, this volume examines earthen architecture from the Mesolithic to the Iron Age through archaeological, archaeometric and experimental approaches. The contributions reveal how earthen building practices shaped past communities while offering new perspectives on heritage and sustainability.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Macroscopic Evidence for the Use of Adobes at Minoan Malia (Bronze Age Crete)

Maud Devolder

Figure 1. a) Location of Malia in Crete (EFA/L. Fadin and IMS-FORTH/M. Devolder)

b) schematic plan of the Palace with preserved mudbrick walls shown in black (EFA/M. Devolder, after E. Andersen)

c-d) views of Neopalatial mudbrick walls in the Palace (EF

Table 1. Chronological framework and occupation patterns at Malia throughout the Early, Middle and Late Bronze Age (EBA, MBA and LBA).

Figure 2. a) Detail of mud coating incorporating straw in the Palace (EFA/M. Devolder)

b) general view of the Mu Quarter (EFA/J.-C. Poursat [R3274])

c) plan of the Mu Quarter (EFA/M. Schmid)

d) mudbrick partition next to the lustral basin in House Delt

Production, Storage and Sustainability: The Use of Earthen and Sunken Architecture at Late Bronze Age Erimi-Pitharka, Cyprus

Lærke Recht and Katarzyna Zeman-Wiśniewska

Figure 1. a) Location of Erimi-Pitharka on Cyprus. Adapted from Google Earth. b) Area I and Area 1A. The eastern and northern trenches of the new excavations are visible outside the modern cement wall (Area 1A), while the area inside the wall contains the

Figure 2. a) Eastern trenches of Area 1A, as seen at the end of the 2022 excavations season. Note the clear carving of the bedrock associated with W4, F2, F3 and F4. b) View of Walls 3 and 2, from the east. Photographs by A. Villani and M. Schutti.

Figure 3. a) Northern trenches of Area 1A, as seen at the end of the 2023 excavation season. b) Wall 7, from the south, interior of Room 101 during excavation. c) Wall 11, from the east, interior of Room 101 at the end of excavation. d) Mudbrick lump with.

Figure 4. Interior of "Cave 1" at Erimi-Pitharka. Note that conservation work has been carried out, most notably in the wooden floors and the reinforcement of walls, but the layout of the chambers has been preserved. Photographs by L. Recht.

Interactions and Continuity: Characterising Earthen Building Techniques of the Iberian Northern Plateau in a Transitional Period (Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age)

Alejandra Sánchez-Polo and Lucía Ruano Posada

Figure 1. Map of the area under study. 1) Fuente la Mora (Valladolid, Spain). 2) Sacaojos (León, Spain). 3) Los Barahones (Valdegama, Palencia). 4) Dessobriga (Osorno, Palencia, and Melgar de Fernamental, Burgos) (© ArchTerra Research Group).

Table 1. General description of the studied earthen fragments.

Figure 2. Fuente la Mora (Valladolid, Spain): A) Plan of sectors 1 and 2 and a general map of the area (modified from Strato 2009). B) Earthen remains found in pits at the site (© ArchTerra Research Group).

Figure 3. Sacaojos (León, Spain) hillfort. A) Plan of the site (modified from Misiego et al. 1999: fig. 3). B) Earthen remains from the site: a &amp

b from pit 18, and c &amp

d from pit 24 (© ArchTerra Research Group).

Figure 4. Los Barahones (Valdegama, Palencia): A) Plan of Zone 5 (Barril Vicente 1995). B) Earthen remains: a) Fragment of wattle-and-daub wall. b) Fragment of lattice-and-daub wall. c) Fragment of clay box (© ArchTerra Research Group).

Figure 5. Dessobriga (Osorno, Palencia, and Melgar de Fernamental, Burgos): A) Plan of the lower area (Misiego Tejeda et al. 2003). B) Earthen remains: a) Fragment of wattle-and-daub wall. b) Fragment with red coating. c) Fragment of clay container. d) Ha

Table 2. Key points in continuity, transformation and innovation in earthen building traditions between the LBA and the EIA.

'Tell Me How You Build and I Will Tell You Who You Are': Earthen Construction Techniques at Sant Jaume d'Alcanar (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula) and Their Cultural Attribution

David Garcia i Rubert

Marta Mateu

Sonia Carbonell Pastor

Figure 1. Map of Sant Jaume and other contemporary sites within the Sant Jaume Complex (SJC), using a 2 m-resolution DTM from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN) as a base. Below, an orthophotograph of Sant Jaume showing the locations of the rooms dis

Figure 2. Building stratigraphy: a) Debris from the upper floor (earthen fragments, stones and archaeological material) (A7). b) Charcoal and ashes from the upper floor and its roof beams (A3). c) A11 ground floor with a combustion structure in the centre

Figure 3. Earthen building elements: a) Fragments of walls where we can see some painted and others with non-reed imprints (palm leaves can be seen). b) Fallen wall of reeds and daub (A11)

c) Cross-section of different earthen construction elements. d) I

Early Neolithic Earth Mortar in the Iberian Peninsula: Chaff Tempering, Manufacture and Functionality in Domestic Structures

Ana Polo-Díaz

Figure 1. Archaeological context and earth mortar artefacts analysed. A. Left: location of the sites studied in the Iberian Peninsula: 1) Mas d'Is. 2) Los Cascajos. Right: chronological range of occupation (Bernabeu et al. 2003

García et al. 2011) using

Figure 2. Left: flatbed scans of thin sections MID43 (top) and LC325 (bottom). Lime layer in MID43 and calcitic crust in LC325 (arrows). Note the highly porous groundmass of MID43 from chaff tempering (scale = 1 cm). Right: images of microscopic features.

Table 1. Description of the main macroscopic and microscopic features of samples MID39 and MID43 from Mas d'Is and LC325 from Los Cascajos. Interpretation and relevant contextual information are also detailed.

Magdalena Gómez-Puche

Constructions in Raw Earth in the Bronze Age Navetiforms in Mallorca (Spain): A Microstratigraphic View of Naveta I at Closos de Can Gaià

Bartomeu Salvà-Simonet

David Javaloyas-Molina

Gabriel Servera-Vives

Figure 1. Closos de Can Gaià (Felanitx-Portocolom, Mallorca). a) General geographical situation and location of the Closos site. b) Aerial view of the five navetas. c) Orthophoto of naveta I. d) Phase 1 (c. 1550-1000 BC). Spatial distribution and light en

Figure 2. Micromorphological sampling of Naveta I at Closos de Can Gaià. a) General view of the sampled profiles. Detail of stone floor (SU 15). b) Profile 1: SU 33 (sample 1) and SU 35 (sample 2). c) Profile 2: SU 34 (sample 3). d) Profile 3: SU 9 (sampl

Figure 3. Quaternary substrate (SU 37) and floor preparation layer (SU 36) from phase 1 (c. 1550-1000 BC). a) Overview of the transmitted light scan thin section showing the units and the location of the following images. b) SU 37, silty clays with quartz

Figure 4. Floor preparation layer and floor (SU 35) from phase 2 (c. 1000-850 BC), rear area of the naveta. a) Transmitted light scan of SU 35 thin section. The floor (SU 35a) and the floor preparation layer (SU 35b) are indicated. On the right, the raw e

Figure 5. Floor and Human activity surface (SU 9) from phase 2 (c. 1000-850 BC), front area of the naveta. a) Transmitted light scan of SU 9 thin section. The human activity surface (SU 9a) and the floor (SU 9b) are indicated, in which the ball modelling.

Figure 6. Raw earth aggregates from different SUs. a) Transmitted light scan of SU 36: b) reddish silty clays with sands with vesicular and moldic voids (PPL) and c) (XPL). d) Transmitted light scan of SU 9: e) detail of the groundmass with some possible

Table 1. Micromorphological description of Naveta I at Closos de Can Gaià. Class frequencies (after Bullock et al. 1985

Stoops 2021): * very few (&lt

5 %)

** few (5-1 5%)

*** frequent (15-30 %)

**** common (30-50 %)

*****dominant (50-70 %)

and ******

Joan Carbonell-Roca

M. Mercè Bergadà

Rare Earth Elements Marking Anthropic Soil Development at the Geoglyphs of Acre (Brazil)

Adriana Serra-Meléndez

Agustín Diez-Castillo

Figure 1. Area of study and sampling section location for the geoglyphs AyF and PyN.

Table 1. Sampling data.

Figure 2. Sampled sections for the Geoglyphs AyF (top) and PyN (bottom).

Figure 3. Samples/scores plot (a) of PCA and variables/loadings plots for PC1 (b) and PC2 (c).

Figure 4. Pearson correlation coefficients (r) for REE parameters and elemental concentrations. Non-significant coefficients (p &gt

0.05) are barred.

Figure 5. Distributions of elemental concentrations and REE parameters in the four columns (outliers were not considered).

Table A1.1. Concentrations of major elements and trace elements expressed as percentage (from Al to Fe) or mg/kg (from Rb to U).

Table A1.2. Concentrations of REE, expressed as mg/kg, and REE parameters.

Carlos Arnau-Félix

Fernando Ferreira

Gianni Gallello

Ivandra Rampanelli

Jacó César Piccoli

Laura Bartual Moreno

Mirco Ramacciotti

Sonia López-Melón

Ángel Morales-Rubio

A Geometric and Constructive Approach to Self-Supporting Domes and Vaults in the Architecture of the Ancient Near East

Esther Rodríguez González.

Luis Miguel Carranza Peco.

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ISBN:

9781805833253

OCLC:

1605470085