Fresh Approaches to the Brick Production and Use in the Middle Ages: Proceedings of the Session 'Utilization of Brick in the Medieval Period - . Archaeological Reports International Series, 2611)

v, 101 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. This volume presents nine articles (of which five are based on papers presented in the session "Utilization of Brick in the Medieval Period - Production, Construction, Destruction" held at the EAA meeting in Helsinki in 2012) with topics ranging from applying natural scientific research methods such as OSL, AM and hXRF analyses, to the study of early brickmaking processes, to recent excavation discoveries and archaeological investigations of brick use in northern parts of continental Europe including the British Isles, Finland and Sweden.