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Mineral Building Traditions in the Himalayas : The Mineralogical Impact on the Use of Clay as Building Material / Hubert Feiglstorfer.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (IV, 391 p.)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110591330
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- GENERAL REMARKS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MINERAL TRADITIONS AT THE NYARMA MONASTERY IN LADAKH -- III. ARGA STONE ROOF CONSTRUCTION -- IV. MARKALAK CLAY -- V. SUMMARY AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES -- VI. APPENDIX CHAPTER II -- VII. APPENDIX CHAPTER III -- VIII. APPENDIX CHAPTER IV -- IX. BIBLIOGRAPHY -- X. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE DG 2019 EnglishTitle is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 EnglishTitle is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE Physics, Chem., Mat.Sc, Geosc 2019 EnglishTitle is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE Physics, Chemistry, Materials Sc, Geosc 2019Summary: 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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Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- GENERAL REMARKS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MINERAL TRADITIONS AT THE NYARMA MONASTERY IN LADAKH -- III. ARGA STONE ROOF CONSTRUCTION -- IV. MARKALAK CLAY -- V. SUMMARY AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES -- VI. APPENDIX CHAPTER II -- VII. APPENDIX CHAPTER III -- VIII. APPENDIX CHAPTER IV -- IX. BIBLIOGRAPHY -- X. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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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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