Cille Donnain Revisited: Negotiating with Lime Across Atlantic Scotland from the 12th Century

This paper introduces the initial findings from an ongoing buildings archaeology research project. I present the results of two wide-ranging mortar surveys which describe the archaeological evidence for lime mortars within the 12th-century bicameral chapels of Atlantic Scotland and pre-Reformation c...

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Published in:Journal of the North Atlantic 2015, Vol.9, p.45-66
Main Author: Thacker, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This paper introduces the initial findings from an ongoing buildings archaeology research project. I present the results of two wide-ranging mortar surveys which describe the archaeological evidence for lime mortars within the 12th-century bicameral chapels of Atlantic Scotland and pre-Reformation chapels of the Western Isles. The diverse evidence for materials, plan form, and structure suggest important processes of cultural negotiation. I argue that lime mortar was an animated technological agent for Christianization, which enabled power and perspective to be mediated by complex culturally appropriate techniques.
ISSN:1935-1933
1935-1984
1935-1933
DOI:10.3721/037.002.sp903