Aerial mortars and plasters have been widely used in construction throughout history, and
their compatibility with historic mortars and plasters has led to their recent re-adoption. This …

The most recent workshop on mortar dating (25–27 Oct. 2018, Bordeaux, Montaigne
University, France), which closely followed the publication of an extensive round robin …

Abstract Within the Topical Collection, this paper represents an introductory contribution
aimed at describing and discussing the research questions and the sampling criteria in the …

Aragonite is one of the metastable polymorphs of calcium carbonate and is commonly found
at archaeological sites in the form of mollusk shells and speleothems. Other occurrences …

In order to radiocarbon (14C) date a building, several components of the mortar could be
used, such as the mortar binder, the lime lumps, the charcoal particles and shell fragments …

The overarching challenge of this research is setting up a procedure to select the most
appropriate fraction from complex, heterogeneous materials such as historic mortars in case …

Absolute dating of mortars is crucial when trying to pin down construction phases of
archaeological sites and historic stone buildings to a certain point in time or to confirm, but …

Radiocarbon dating of mortars is a method for absolute dating of historical mortared stone
structures. Successful mortar dating studies have answered chronological questions, while …

Radiocarbon dating of the carbonate binder of historical mortars is a strategic research topic
not lacking in complexities. The critical step is the separation of anthropogenic CaCO3 …

Mortars stand among the very few materials that theoretically cannot be reused due to
irreversible hardening processes. Among the various dating techniques, radiocarbon and …