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The use of pozzolanic mortars is widespread, as natural pozzolans coming from South America to Europe and Japan were often incorporated in lime mortars to ensure a pozzolanic reaction and enable the capability of mortars to harden under water (Heikal 2000 ; Holmes and Wingate 1997 ; Moropoulou et al. 1998 ). Their use was especially prominent during the existence of the Roman Empire, when opus signinummortars were used throughout the occupied territories, wherever there was a lack of natural pozzolans; there is evidence that similar mortars incorporating crushed ceramics were employed in other locations such as Syria (Ingo et al. 2004) or Turkey (Degryse et al. 2002 ). Pozzolanic mortars continue to be used nowadays and examples of current applications of lime and crushed ceramic mortars are Surkhi in India and Homra in Egypt.
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Velosa, A.L., Veiga, R., Coroado, J., Ferreira, V.M., Rocha, F. (2010). Characterization of Ancient Pozzolanic Mortars from Roman Times to the 19th Century: Compatibility Issues of New Mortars with Substrates and Ancient Mortars. In: Dan, M.B., Přikryl, R., Török, Á. (eds) Materials, Technologies and Practice in Historic Heritage Structures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2684-2_13
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