Analytical characterisation of the granitic rocks used in the vomitoria of the Roman amphitheatre in Emerita Augusta

María Isabel Mota-López; Rafael Fort; Mónica Álvarez de Buergo; Antonio Pizzo

doi:10.1007/s12210-022-01058-9

Analytical characterisation of the granitic rocks used in the vomitoria of the Roman amphitheatre in Emerita Augusta

María Isabel Mota-López, Rafael Fort, Mónica Álvarez de Buergo, Antonio Pizzo

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This work deals to determine the physical and the mechanical properties of the granitic rocks used in the Roman amphitheatre in Emerita Augusta. For this purpose, petrographic, geochemical and physical and mechanical analyses were used. The sampling in the amphitheatre was carried out taking into account granitic rocks that have not been replaced during its numerous restoration works. Mineralogical, textural, geochemical, physical and mechanical properties of the granitic rocks were obtained trying to obtain the relationships between them and showing that porosity influences in their mechanical properties. The petrographic characterisation and the geochemical signature of the samples allowed us identifying the granite types used in the monument as well as the acceptable conservation state of it.

Original language	English
Journal	Rendiconti Lincei
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-022-01058-9
State	Accepted/In press - 2022

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This work was supported by Top Heritage (P2018/NMT-4372) programme from the Regional Government of Madrid (Spain). The authors wish to acknowledge professional support of the Interdisciplinary Thematic Platform from CSIC Open Heritage: Research and Society (PTI-PAS).

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© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.

Keywords

Geochemical analysis
Granites
Heritage
Mechanical properties
Petrographic analysis
Physical properties

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