Fresh Approaches to Brick Production and Use in the Middle Ages

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

£31.00
Editors:
Tanja Ratilainen, Rivo Bernotas and Christofer Herrmann
Publication Year:
2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407312422
Paperback:
106pp. Illustrated throughout
ISBN 10:
1407312421
BAR number:
S2611
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Description

BOOK 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 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 theBritish Isles, Finland and Sweden.