Mineral Building Traditions in the Himalayas : The Mineralogical Impact on the Use of Clay as Building Material

Mineral Building Traditions in the Himalayas The Mineralogical Impact on the Use of Clay as Building Material

Mineral building materials and regionally related methods of processing are an essential part of building culture throughout the Himalayas. Based on transregional knowledge transfer, raw materials have been able to find an ecologically and economically optimised destiny in particular local applicati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Feiglstorfer, Hubert, author (author)
Formato: Electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
Berlin ; Boston : [2019]
Materias:
Mineralogy & gems
History of engineering & technology
Materials science
mineral building materials Himalaya
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430457906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • CONTENTS
  • GENERAL REMARKS
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • II. MINERAL TRADITIONS AT THE NYARMA MONASTERY IN LADAKH
  • III. ARGA STONE ROOF CONSTRUCTION
  • IV. MARKALAK CLAY
  • V. SUMMARY AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
  • VI. APPENDIX CHAPTER II
  • VII. APPENDIX CHAPTER III
  • VIII. APPENDIX CHAPTER IV
  • IX. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • X. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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