Re: Mycenaean baked clay bricks


"Day Brown" <daybrown@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Feb 1, 11:53 pm, "o8TY" <o...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Agamemnon" <agamem...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Did the Mycenaean's or Minoan use baked clay bricks for building with
and
if
so when do the earliest examples date to?

Except for roof tiles and minor architectural fixtures, such as plaques,
as
well as pottery and other ceramics, I have not seen any evidence of the
Mycenaeans or MInoans having fired clay to make bricks, although they
may
have intentionally fired constructions, such as walls, made of rammed
earth.
Instead, they had abundant and diverse rock and loose stone, and the
tools,
techniques and will to utilise this material.

i thot there was a volcanic ash, which they had a lot of, that made a
find plaster and/or mortar for stonework.


Yes lots of multifarious volcanic clays, plasters and cementitious
materials. Ancient depictions of brickwork may simply represent a scored
plaster coating.

Interesting, an archaic Arkadian city (Kandula IIRC) was built from mud
bricks strengthened with asbestos (probably amiantos).



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