%0 Journal Article
%A Sánchez Moral, Sergio
%A Cañaveras, Juan Carlos
%A Benavente, David
%A Fernández Cortés, Angel
%A Cuezva, S.
%A Elez, Javier
%A Jurado, Valme
%A Rogerio Candelera, Miguel Angel
%A Saiz Jiménez, Cesareo
%T A study on the state of conservation of the Roman Necropolis of Carmona (Sevilla, Spain)
%D 2018
%@ 1296-2074, ESSN: 1778-3674
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13351
%X The Roman Necropolis of Carmona (Sevilla, Spain) has experienced a severe deterioration since the accidental discovery in 1868 and subsequent archaeological excavations starting in 1882. To this deterioration contributed the location in a soft calcarenite rock quarry, the adverse environmental conditions and the numerous and extensive wrong archaeological and managing interventions along more than a century. The cultural, artistic and religious importance of this Necropolis converts the protection and conservation of this archaeological site in a major issue. This work present the data obtained in a multidisciplinary research were geology, geomorphology, micro-environmental and climatic monitoring, rock petrophysical characterization, description of weathering forms and biological colonization were considered in order to propose corrective measures to minimize deterioration.
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