PHYSICAL, MECHANICAL AND MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BASILICA PLASTERS AND BOULEUTERION MORTARS IN SMYRNA AGORA

FELEKOĞLU B., Godek E., Ersoy A., Kusoglu I. M., Hasozbek A.

MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY & ARCHAEOMETRY, vol.16, no.1, pp.193-202, 2016 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.5281/zenodo.35532
  • Journal Name: MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY & ARCHAEOMETRY
  • Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.193-202
  • Keywords: plaster, mortar, surface hardness, water absorption, XRD, SEM-EDS, compressive strength, ANCIENT MORTARS, AGGREGATE
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Lime based plaster and mortar specimens from three different locations of Smyrna Agora excavations have been investigated within the scope of this study. A two-layer graffito plaster from Basilica (P1 inner layer, P2 outer layer) and two distinctive mortars from Bouleuterion were collected from the site. While one of the Bouleuterion mortars was masonry mortar from walls (BWM), other one was from the floor blockade (BBM - porous mortar).