Deterioration of building materials from the Great Jaguar Pyramid at Tikal, Guatemala
The building materials of the Great Jaguar Pyramid, a Mayan construction in Tikal Park, Guatemala, were characterized and deterioration processes investigated. Stone, stucco, mortar and embono (filling in the ashlar masonry cells) have lost their cohesiveness through the dissolution of calcium carbonate. Biological colonization, mainly cyanobacteria and mosses, has produced disaggregation of the materials due to rhizoid penetration.
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | artículo biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier
1995
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/58413 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011011 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|