Highlighting the Characteristics of Roman Mortars from Ovidiu’s Quadriburgium Archaeological Site, Romania

This study examines the mortar materials used in construction of walls at Archaeological Roman Fortification site (Ovidiu, Romania) on shore Siutghiol Lake. Several analyses were conducted to determine mortars’ basic physical properties, mineralogical composition, and microstructural characteristics order describe mortars fortress. The investigation utilized X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), scanning electron microscopy (SEM-EDAX), differential thermal analysis (TGA-DTA). results indicated that siliceous aggregates lime binders production studied mortars, structure was constructed sixth century, raw construct are local origin. Using methods mentioned above, there is possibility recreating fortification’s formula using contemporary recommending intervention for preservation archaeology Fortification. Furthermore, this opens up many other research opportunities regarding reuse extracted from archaeological sites rehabilitation process by integrating them into new recipes can then be tested compare with those obtained standardized recipes.