Dating fires and estimating the temperature attained on stone surfaces. The case of Ciudad de Vascos (Spain)

Jorge Sanjurjo-Sánchez; Miguel Gomez-Heras; Rafael Fort; Monica Alvarez de Buergo; Ricardo Izquierdo Benito; Miguel Angel Bru

doi:10.1016/j.microc.2016.03.017

Dating fires and estimating the temperature attained on stone surfaces. The case of Ciudad de Vascos (Spain)

Jorge Sanjurjo-Sánchez, Miguel Gomez-Heras, Rafael Fort, Monica Alvarez de Buergo, Ricardo Izquierdo Benito, Miguel Angel Bru

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Fires occurred in the past are usually part of the history of buildings, related to specific structures such as ovens or accidental causes. They are usually the cause of either catastrophic or longterm damage in the building materials that strongly depends on the time and temperature of firing. Although several analytical methods have been tested to assess the firing temperature on stony materials in the past, it is difficult to get precise results. Moreover, dating ancient fires has just been possible in some cases. We use luminescence to assess the firing temperature and age of fire on some granitoid surfaces of an archaeological site of central Spain (Ciudad de Vascos). In this site different kinds of past fires have been observed towards the marks present on stone blocks. Results show very promising results by the use of luminescence for both estimating the firing temperature and dating.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	247-255
Number of pages	9
Journal	Microchemical Journal
Volume	127
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2016.03.017
State	Published - 1 Jul 2016

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Geomateriales 2 programme ( S2013/MIT-2914 ) funded by the Region of Madrid . The University Institute of Geology of the University of A Coruña (Spain) receives support from the Xunta de Galicia with funds from “Consolidación y estructuración de unidades de investigación competitivas — Grupo de potencial de crecimiento” (GPC2015/024).

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