Nikolić, E.; Delić-Nikolić, I.; Jovičić, M.; Miličić, L.; Mijatović, N. Recycling and Reuse of Building Materials in a Historical Landscape—Viminacium Natural Brick (Serbia). Sustainability2023, 15, 2824.
Nikolić, E.; Delić-Nikolić, I.; Jovičić, M.; Miličić, L.; Mijatović, N. Recycling and Reuse of Building Materials in a Historical Landscape—Viminacium Natural Brick (Serbia). Sustainability 2023, 15, 2824.
Nikolić, E.; Delić-Nikolić, I.; Jovičić, M.; Miličić, L.; Mijatović, N. Recycling and Reuse of Building Materials in a Historical Landscape—Viminacium Natural Brick (Serbia). Sustainability2023, 15, 2824.
Nikolić, E.; Delić-Nikolić, I.; Jovičić, M.; Miličić, L.; Mijatović, N. Recycling and Reuse of Building Materials in a Historical Landscape—Viminacium Natural Brick (Serbia). Sustainability 2023, 15, 2824.
Abstract
During the MoDeCo2000 scientific and research project on mortars used in the territory of the Roman Danube Limes in Serbia, the biggest challenge was the quest for the provenance of used raw materials. The area where the largest city in the province of Moesia Superior developed, with millennial continuity of land use and settlement, was selected as a case study for deeper research. The material and immaterial values of Roman Viminacium have survived in the later life of the landscape, through the preserved building remains and artifacts, secondary use of building materials, but also toponyms, customs, and stories. Recycling of materials is commonly recognised in the modern age as the industrial processing of existing products in order to obtain raw materials and later prepare new products, representing one of the basic elements of sustainability. However, people throughout history have always used what they had at hand and the building remains were reused, but also recycled for new constructions. In this study we follow the presence of the specific material we call natural brick in the historical Viminacium landscape, focusing on Roman construction and specifically its potential use in lime mortars, connecting humanistic and natural sciences.
Keywords
Viminacium; natural brick; Roman mortar; historical landscape; the Danube; Roman construction; building material; recycling; reuse; sustainability
Subject
Arts and Humanities, Archaeology
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