Plaster-making technique previously attributed to the Romans appears 8,000 years earlier in Motza

Excavations from 2015 to 2021 on the ancient site of Motza, just west of Jerusalem, revealed a sprawling settlement with some ...
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Flensted Mouritzen adapt heritage plaster technique to make sculptural Revolve objects

Danish design studio Flensted Mouritzen has created a running mould machine that makes sculptural plaster objects with mottled surfaces. Called Revolve, their series of plaster objects are made using ...
Science Daily

Lime Mortars In Conservation: Traditional Materials And Craft For The Future

Plaster made from lime is environment-friendly, repairable and sustainable. Despite this, lime plaster on historic buildings has been replaced in modern times by plaster containing Portland cement -- ...

Roman Plaster Is Revered Worldwide. A Neolithic Group Beat Them to the Punch by 8,000 Years.

We’re giving the Romans a little too much credit.
Greek Reporter

Ancient Builders Mastered Dolomitic Lime Plaster 8,000 Years Before the Romans

A new study reveals the oldest known use of dolomitic lime dates to the Neolithic period, pushing back its origins by nearly ...