The Experimental Building of a Wooden Watchtower in the Carolingian Southern Frontier
During fifteen days of June 2015, the team of l’Esquerda worked in a research project to build a Carolingian wooden watchtower on the River Ter, in Roda de Ter, Catalonia, Spain (This Research Project was approved and granted by the Spanish Ministry of Culture (DGICYT, HAR2012-36497) for three years...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EXARC
2018-02-01
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| Series: | EXARC Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10336 |
| Summary: | During fifteen days of June 2015, the team of l’Esquerda worked in a research project to build a Carolingian wooden watchtower on the River Ter, in Roda de Ter, Catalonia, Spain (This Research Project was approved and granted by the Spanish Ministry of Culture (DGICYT, HAR2012-36497) for three years 2013-2015.). The idea was to test our hypotheses experimentally, (a) if the wooden watchtower could be built without any metal nail, (b) how it worked, and (c) its resilience. |
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| ISSN: | 2212-8956 |