Materials and technology of mosaics from the House of Charidemos at Halikarnassos (Bodrum, Turkey)

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dc.contributor.authorRasmussen, Kaare Lund
dc.contributor.authorDelbey, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorJørgensen, Bjarke
dc.contributor.authorHøegh Jensen, Kasper
dc.contributor.authorPoulsen, Birte
dc.contributor.authorPendersen, Poul
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-10T13:22:07Z
dc.date.available2022-06-10T13:22:07Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-16
dc.description.abstractAn excavation in 1856 by Charles T. Newton and a re-excavation in 1990–93 by a joint Danish-Turkish team revealed several mosaic floors in a late-antique domus from the fifth century CE, now called the House of Charidemos. Nineteen tesserae from the floor have been analysed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, Raman micro-spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray analysis, and X-ray diffraction. Seven tesserae were made of opaque glass, eleven from various rock/lithic materials, while one of them was a ceramic fragment. This case-study reports the first analyses undertaken of tesserae from late-antique Halikarnassos. The results show the use of recycled Sb–Mn decoloured glass and two types of red glass. A comparison with tesserae from other sites in Anatolia from the same period shows similarities in the base glass composition, but also some particularities of the colouring and opacifying agents used for the mosaic of the House of Charidemos. The characterisation of the stone tesserae shows a homogeneity in the choice of the materials of the same colours, but no certain provenance has been established in the present work mainly due to the lack of comparative materials.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationRasmussen KL, Delbey T, Jørgensen B, et al., (2022) Materials and technology of mosaics from the House of Charidemos at Halikarnassos (Bodrum, Turkey). Heritage Science, Volume 10, 2022, Article number 62en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2050-7445
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-022-00697-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/18007
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectTesseraeen_UK
dc.subjectHalikarnassosen_UK
dc.subjectHouse of Charidemosen_UK
dc.subjectChemistryen_UK
dc.subjectProduction methodsen_UK
dc.titleMaterials and technology of mosaics from the House of Charidemos at Halikarnassos (Bodrum, Turkey)en_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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