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Radiocarbon Dating of Mortars and Charcoals from Novae Bath Complex: Sequential Dissolution of Historical and Experimental Mortar Samples with Pozzolanic Admixture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2020

Danuta Michalska Open the ORCID record for Danuta Michalska [Opens in a new window]  and
Małgorzata Mrozek-Wysocka
Danuta Michalska*
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, Faculty of Geographic and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Bogumiła Krygowskiego 12, 61-680 Poznań, Poland
Małgorzata Mrozek-Wysocka
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, Faculty of Geographic and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Bogumiła Krygowskiego 12, 61-680 Poznań, Poland
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*Corresponding author. Email: danamich@amu.edu.pl.
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Abstract

Carbonaceous mortars from Novae (Bulgaria) contain local loess, crushed bricks and ceramic dust (pozzolanic materials). The reaction between lime and pozzolanic additives occurs easily and affects the rate and course of leaching reaction of carbonates in orthophosphoric acid during the sample pretreatment for dating. The composition of the Bulgarian mortars does not allow for unambiguous conclusions about chronology, but together with the observations of experimental mortars, gives new guidelines in terms of pozzolanic mortar application for dating. The presented research illustrates the possible reasons of difficulties with obtaining the appropriate portion of gas for radiocarbon (14C) measurement. To verify the relative chronology of legionary baths complex in Novae, the charcoals samples were also dated in addition to the mortar.

Keywords

experimental mortarsmortar preparation for datingmortar radiocarbon datingpozzolanic admixturesequential dissolution of mortar
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Research Article
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Radiocarbon , Volume 62 , Issue 3: MoDIM 2018 Proceedings of the Mortar Dating International Meeting , June 2020 , pp. 579 - 590
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Selected Papers from the Mortar Dating International Meeting, Pessac, France, 25–27 Oct. 2018

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