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Temple Building Materials

Temple Building Materials is a scholarly construct in Temple Archaeology that refers to the specific types of natural and manufactured substances—such as stone, wood, brick, stucco, and metal—systematically employed in the fabrication, structural support, and ornamentation of religious edifices, distinguished by their contextual use in ritual, symbolic, and architectural practices of temple construction across historical and cultural settings.

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309

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134

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2017–2026

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Publications

99

I Have Built You an Exalted House: Temple Building in the Bible in Light of Mesopotamian and Northwest Semitic Writings

John Van Seters, Victor Avigdor Hurowitz · Journal of the American Oriental Society · 1995 · 132 citations

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The Greek Temple Builders at Epidauros

A. Trevor Hodge, Alison Burford · Phoenix · 1970 · 121 citations

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THE JUDICIOUS SELECTION AND PRESERVATION OF TUFF AND TRAVERTINE BUILDING STONE IN ANCIENT ROME*

Marie D. Jackson, Fabrizio Marra, Richard L. Hay et al. · Archaeometry · 2005 · 91 citations · Full text

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Assessment of material characteristics of ancient concretes, Grande Aula, Markets of Trajan, Rome

Marie D. Jackson, John M. Logan, Barry E. Scheetz et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2009 · 80 citations

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A frost decay exposure index for porous, mineral building materials

Kim Robert Lisø, Tore Kvande, Hans Olav Hygen et al. · Building and Environment · 2006 · 76 citations

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Authors

309

  1. ZR
    Zuliskandar Ramli

    National University of Malaysia, Malaysia

    3 publications · 39 citations

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  2. JC
    JoAnn Cassar

    University of Malta, Malta

    3 publications · 52 citations

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  3. AB
    Alison Burford

    Newham College, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 167 citations

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  4. ZW
    Zhan Wang

    State Administration of Cultural Heritage, China

    2 publications · 65 citations

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  5. NH
    Nik Hassan Shuhaimi

    TCA College, Singapore

    2 publications · 28 citations

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Institutions

134

  1. Cairo University

    Giza, Egypt

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    45 citations

  2. State Administration of Cultural Heritage

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    362 citations

  3. National Institute of Anthropology and History

    Mexico City, Mexico

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    79 citations

  4. National University of Malaysia

    Bangi, Malaysia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    31 citations

  5. University of Antwerp

    Antwerp, Belgium

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    118 citations

  6. National Technical University of Athens

    Athens, Greece

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    58 citations

  7. Roma Tre University

    Rome, Italy

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    186 citations

  8. University of Calabria

    Rende, Italy

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    257 citations

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Venues

  1. Heritage Science

    6 publications · 130 citations

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  2. Environmental Earth Sciences

    5 publications · 119 citations

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  3. Journal of Cultural Heritage

    4 publications · 125 citations

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  4. Archaeometry

    4 publications · 186 citations

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  5. Journal of Archaeological Science

    3 publications · 154 citations

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