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Ceramic building material, often abbreviated to CBM, is an
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''Current Archaeology'' Archaeological Ceramic Building Materials Group
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ceramic Building Material Archaeological artefact types Ceramic materials Soil-based building materials Bricks
umbrella term
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used in archaeology
Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...
to cover all building materials made from baked clay
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, ). Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impuriti ...
. It is particularly, but not exclusively, used in relation to Roman building materials.
It is a useful and necessary term because, especially when initially found in archaeological excavation
In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. An excavation site or "dig" is the area being studied. These locations range from one to several areas at a time during a project and can be condu ...
, it may be difficult to distinguish, for example, fragments of bricks from fragments of roofing or flooring tiles. However, ceramic building materials are usually readily distinguishable from fragments of ceramic pottery
Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. The place where such wares are made by a ''potter'' is al ...
by their rougher finish.
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''Current Archaeology'' Archaeological Ceramic Building Materials Group
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ceramic Building Material Archaeological artefact types Ceramic materials Soil-based building materials Bricks