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Lensen, Richard (2016)

Early brick production and use in the coastal regions of the Low Countries, 1200-1350

Master thesis | Archaeology (MA/MSc)

This thesis aims to give a clear understanding of the difficulties in brick research and to suggest new options on behalf of local production. To do this, the second part of this thesis will compare clay samples with early brick structures in their vicinity (using X-Ray Fluorescence). This will –hopefully- give an indication of the locality of brick production in the earliest period (end of the twelfth into the thirteenth century and first half of the fourteenth century). The thesis forms the connection between archaeological and building history debates.

Brick

X-Ray Fluorescence

Brickmaking

Archaeology

Building materials

Clay Analysis

Medieval

Author

Lensen, Richard

Faculty

Faculty of Archaeology

Specialisation

Historical Archaeology

Supervisors

Vries, Dirk Jan de

ECTS Credits

20

Evaluation

Recommended

Language

en