Unfired and fired bricks were widely used as building materials in Antiquity across many
geographically and temporally distant cultures. Studies on archaeological bricks have long …

Production technologies of Roman to Medieval times bricks on the city of Padua were
addressed by means of a multi-analytical approach, consisting in Spectrophotometry, X-Ray …

This research presents the effects of sintering process and clay composition on the physico-
mechanical properties of ceramics from the fifth and fourth millennium BC (6950±280 to …

The compositional study of two main types of clayey materials outcropping nearby Padua
(Veneto region, north-eastern Italy) and bricks used in historical constructions of the city is …

The current climate emergency leads to reduction of virgin raw material extraction and
promotes circular economy. In this framework, alkali activation of unemployed fraction of …

The earliest foundry site of Pre-Roman Padua, in the Veneto region (north-eastern Italy),
provided evidence of craft activities and residential areas dated between the end of the 9th …

Fired archaeological objects have been widely studied in palaeomagnetic research.
However, the uneven heating during the firing process can affected the type, grain size and …

Throughout history, bricks have been an important part of monumental and vernacular
architecture but often suffer alteration due to physico-chemical weathering and require …

This paper studies the fired bricks and plaster from the Church of Sant Rafael (Barcelona) in
a multi-analytical approach based on mineralogical, chemical and physical characterization …

Urban pollution significantly influences historic building preservation via chemical, physical,
and biological processes. To plan heritage structure restoration, we must study fired brick …