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Mineral Building Traditions in the Himalayas - The Mineralogical Impact on the Use of Clay as Building Material

English · Hardback

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Mineral building materials and regionally related methods of processing are an essential part of building culture throughout the Himalayas. Based on transregional knowledge transfer, raw materials have been able to find an ecologically and economically optimised destiny in particular local applications. For this study, samples were collected as raw material or originated from certain building components. Samples were analysed according to their material properties and architectural application. Traditional building techniques were examined and their correlation with traceable material qualities studied. Clay-specific properties such as colour, grain size distribution, grain shape, hardness, plasticity, organic additives, or bulk and clay mineral properties were used as comparative parameters.
This study gives fresh insight into the interaction between technical requirements, environmental resources and material implementation. It is the first scientific approach in studying the Himalayan earthen heritage in a wide scope and connecting material research and cultural heritage from various perspectives - in particular archaeology, architecture, research on materials and building techniques.

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Hubert Feiglstorfer, University of Vienna, Austria.

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Authors Hubert Feiglstorfer
Publisher De Gruyter
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 22.03.2024
 
EAN 9783110589962
ISBN 978-3-11-058996-2
No. of pages 391
Dimensions 215 mm x 29 mm x 288 mm
Weight 1272 g
Illustrations 3 b/w and 350 col. ill.
Subject Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous

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