Recognising the Value of Historic Mortars: From a Database to an Exhibition”.

Abstract

A human hand is always woven into the building material, whether it only participated in the exploitation of the stone or shaped the earth into a block. However, archaeological excavations rarely detect building materials as valuable, being recorded only as unified elements that form an architectural context or mediums that carry an inscription or a trace of use. Mortar Design for Conservation - Danube Roman Frontier 2000 Years After - MoDeCo2000 is a project conducted as a connection between archaeometry and conservation science, exploring the Roman mortars through the intertwining of the desire to learn about the construction activities and lives of ancient people along the Danube in today’s Serbia and the goal of preparing new materials that will preserve the built remains of these activities for the future.