{"product_id":"building-materials-of-the-ancient-maya-von-isabel-villasenor","title":"Building Materials of the Ancient Maya","description":"\u003cp\u003eLime plasters are mixtures of burnt lime, aggregates  and other materials that were widely used by the  ancient Maya in public monumental buildings.  This research makes use of a range of analytical  techniques in order to characterise archaeological  plasters of various chronological periods from  Palenque, Calakmul and Lamanai, three important  lowland Maya sites. The work also reviews various  sources of information, including ethnographic and  ethnohistorical descriptions, for the understanding  of ancient Maya lime plaster production and the  social and environmental implications of this  technology. The results of the analytical work demonstrate that  plasters from the three sites have varying  characteristics that are due to different access to  raw materials and building traditions at each of the  sites, while some other traits appear to be related  to changing economic and political conditions. In addition to the technological analyses of ancient  plasters, the research also provides suggestions for  future research and recommends those analytical  methods that are most suitable for the examination  of Maya lime plasters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783838331157\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA Study of Archaeological Plasters\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783838331157","offer_id":39499045863517,"sku":"9783838331157","price":79.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/0af6618c-6ab1-4d5f-b9b7-c8a9bb382649.jpg?v=1757655015","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/building-materials-of-the-ancient-maya-von-isabel-villasenor","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}