Abstract / Description of output
This paper examines two building materials often overlooked in studies of Roman architecture: mud brick and pisé de terre (or rammed earth), with the focus on the latter. In the first section we will examine how pisé was made and its relative benefits in comparison to mud brick. In the second section we will turn to the occurrence of these materials in North Africa, concentrating on new data from excavations at Utica. We then turn to the broader question of the spread of these construction techniques around the pre-Roman and Roman Mediterranean. Its predominately western distribution and the fact that pisé walls are found in third-century BC contexts at Kerkouane has suggested that it derived from North Africa and was diffused via Punic influence. However, as it is found in central Italy from the fourth century BC, we might suggest that its spread was a Roman phenomenon.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Arqueología de la Construcción V |
Subtitle of host publication | Man-Made Materials, Engineering and Infrastructure |
Place of Publication | Madrid and Merida |
Publisher | Editorial CSIC |
Chapter | 4 |
Pages | 131-143 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISBN (Print) | 9788400101428 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2016 |
Publication series
Name | Anejos de Archivo Español de Arqueología |
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Number | 77 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- archaeology
- mudbrick
- pise de terre
- North Africa
- Tunisia
- Utica
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Ben Russell
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology - Personal Chair of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire
- Classics
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