Fresh approaches to brick production and use in the Middle Ages
Subtitle: proceedings of the session 'Utilization of brick in the Medieval period -- production, construction, destruction', held at the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) Meeting, 29 August to 1 September 2012 in Helsinki, Finland
By: edited by Tanja Ratilainen, Rivo Bernotas, Christofer Herrmann
Contributors: European Association of Archaeologists. Annual Meeting
Series: BAR international series -- 2611; BAR international series -- 2611.
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
ISBN-13: 9781407312422
Subjects: Brickmaking; Congresses; History; Brick Building; Medieval Archaeology
Description: This volume presents nine articles (of which five are based on papers presented in the session "Utilization of Brick in the Medieval Period - Production, Construction, Destruction" held at the EAA meeting in Helsinki in [late summer] 2012) with topics ranging from applying natural scientific research methods such as OSL, AM and hXRF analyses, to the study of early brickmaking processes, to recent excavation discoveries and archaeological investigations of brick use in northern parts of continental Europe including the British Isles, Finland and Sweden.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.