My thesis deals with Roman lime kilns. Lime kilns are generally one of the most frequently discovered remains of human activity, as lime has been used in many industries and has been an important material since its discovery. The Romans, in particular, significantly increased the need for lime by using concrete on a massive scale.
In this thesis I discuss in detail seven sites or kilns that were found there. I discuss the lime kilns from two sites located in Italy in the immediate vicinity of Rome, such as Prato della Corte near Fiano Romano and Belvedere near Fiano Romano. They both belong to the Roman town of Lucus Feroniae. Furthermore, I discuss kilns from four sites located in Slovenia: Križišče near Spodnje Škofije, Kučar near Podzemlje, Rabelčja vas near Ptuj and Hajndl near Ormož. Later on I discuss lime kilns from the German site of Iversheim and Weekley in England. In total, these are 27 lime kilns dating from the Augustan-Neronian period to Late Antiquity. I'm going to describe the appearing of their remains or rather what can be expected when coming across a Roman lime kiln on the site.
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