Radiocarbon dating of mortars from the baptismal font of the San Lorenzo cathedral of Alba (Cuneo, Italy):Comparison with thermoluminescence dating of related bricks and pipes

Giovanni Pesce; Egle Micheletto; Gianluca Quarta; Sofia Ugge; Lucio Calcagnile; Anna Decri

doi:10.1017/S0033822200057659

Radiocarbon dating of mortars from the baptismal font of the San Lorenzo cathedral of Alba (Cuneo, Italy):Comparison with thermoluminescence dating of related bricks and pipes

Giovanni Pesce, Egle Micheletto, Gianluca Quarta, Sofia Ugge, Lucio Calcagnile, Anna Decri

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Abstract

The San Lorenzo Cathedral of Alba is a Romanesque church (rebuilt in Gothic epoch) located in northwest Italy. Since 2007, this church has been subjected to renovations and archaeological excavations that led to the finding of the lower part of the basin and the water drainage pipe of a baptismal font of unknown age. Thermoluminescence and radiocarbon dating have been carried out respectively on some ceramic elements and lime mortar samples used in both the pipe and basin of the font. Thermoluminescence results suggest that some of the bricks may have been reused from previous structures while 14C results suggest that the font was built between the 9th and the 11th centuries AD, most probably in the 10th century AD.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	526-533
Journal	Radiocarbon
Volume	55
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200057659
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

alba cathedral
baptismal font
pure lime lumps technique
thermoluminescence
radiocarbon dating
mortars

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Radiocarbon dating of mortars from the baptismal font of the San Lorenzo cathedral of Alba (Cuneo, Italy):Comparison with thermoluminescence dating of related bricks and pipes

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