Botanisch onderzoek naar de samenstelling van de magering van kleitichels uit Karanis (Egypte)

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Botanical analysis of the temper of mudbricks from Karanis (Egypt). This article focuses on the botanical remains obtained from sixteen mudbricks from Karanis, a Greek-Roman site in Egypt that was inhabited between 300 BC and AD 600. The aim of the research was to analyse and determine the variation in the composition of the organic temper in the mudbricks. The differences are expressed in terms of the plant assemblage, and the quantity, quality and degree of fragmentation of threshing remains. The results contribute to our knowledge of how mudbricks were made and shed light on various social and economic factors in the production of mudbricks.