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Emplecton
Emplecton Em*plec"ton, n. [F. or L. emplecton, fr. Gr. ?, fr.
? interwoven, fr. ? to plait or weave in; ? in + ? to twist,
weave.]
A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are
ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and
mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders. [R.]
--Weale.
Meaning of Emplecton from wikipedia
- Penguin. pp. 171–172. ISBN 978-0-14-144168-9. Dennis,
George (1848). "
Emplecton masonry". The
Cities and
Cemeteries of Etruria. London: John Murray. Caviasca...
- a
large fragment was
found with a
double facing in opus
quadratum and
emplecton,
dating to the mid-4th
century BC. From
excavations carried out from 1975...
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evenly distributed and
converted into the main
entrance of the wall in an
emplecton building technique in the
first century.
Spolia (voussoirs,
column drums...
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interior filled with
stones and earth,
recalling the
technique of Vitruvius'
emplecton (II, 8, 7), with two
openings in this area, the
North and
Northwest Gates...
- with an
exterior of
squared stone blocks and an
interior of
rough stone (
emplecton). It had five
towers and four gates. To the north, the
acropolis was fortified...
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Byzantine period, when the hill was
refortified with a wall
built with an
emplecton. A final, medieval,
circuit in
mortared rubble masonry runs
along the...
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filled with soil and
stones of
different dimensions,
which creates an
emplecton type of wall.
Besides the
ancient walls, in
Persqop are
conserved traces...
