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

doi:10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16299

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

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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
Number of pages	8
Journal	Radiocarbon
Volume	55
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16299
Publication status	Published - 2013

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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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