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• Bilgen, Nejat
• Olgun, Asim

This paper focuses on the spectroscopic and thermal analysis of the archaeological samples of mortar and plaster from middle Bronze Age and Achaemenid period in Seyitφmer Hφyόk. The composition of the samples was investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and thermogravimetric thermal analysis (TG-DTA). The results showed that human used different types of raw materials in the preperation of the mortar and plaster in the Middle Bronze Age and Achaemenid period. The material used in middle Bronze Age contains muscovite whereas the material in Achaemenid period contains albite. Although, the chemical composition of the mortar and plaster used in the period were similar, the calcium content of the plaster is relatively higher than the one of the mortar indicating people’s awareness of the binding properties of calcite

• History and Archaeology
• Chemical sciences

• Αρχαιολογία

Mortar, Plaster, Archaeology, Seyitömer, XRD, XRF

Corresponding author: [email protected], This research is a part of the Seyitφmer Archaelogy Project, directed by Dr. Nejat Bilgen since 2006. We thank Dumlupınar University, Turkish Coal Board and the Minister of Culture for generous funding.

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