Analysis of two mortar samples from the ruined site of a Sasanian palace and Il-khānid caravanserai, Bisotun, Iran

Jonathan Kemp; John Hughes

Analysis of two mortar samples from the ruined site of a Sasanian palace and Il-khānid caravanserai, Bisotun, Iran

Jonathan Kemp
, John Hughes

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Abstract

Two mortar samples were collected from the ruins of the Sasanian Palace and Il-
Khānid Caravanserai at Bisotun to establish whether lime was used in their building and, given the sites’ heterogeneity, to make a basic evaluation of their research potential for understanding both production methods and usefulness for dating and correlation with the site’s different build phases. Standard polished thin sections at 30 microns were analysed using a polarising transmitted light microscope and an initial characterization of the historic mortars is reported discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Afarin Nameh
Subtitle of host publication	Essays on the Archaeology of Iran in Honour of Mehdi Rahbar
Editors	Yousef Moradi
Place of Publication	Tehran
Publisher	The Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Pages	203-206
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9786008977872
Publication status	Published - Aug 2019

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Keywords

Lime mortar
Bisotun
Petrography
Lithology
Archaeology
Dating

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Analysis of two mortar samples from the ruined site of a Sasanian palace and Il-khānid caravanserai, Bisotun, Iran. / Kemp, Jonathan; Hughes, John.
Afarin Nameh : Essays on the Archaeology of Iran in Honour of Mehdi Rahbar. ed. / Yousef Moradi. Tehran: The Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, 2019. p. 203-206.

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Analysis of two mortar samples from the ruined site of a Sasanian palace and Il-khānid caravanserai, Bisotun, Iran

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