Cerámica altomedieval en el Tolmo de Minateda (Hellín, Albacete, España)

In this work we show the most important high medieval pottery context from the Tolmo of Minateda (Hellín, Albacete) based on their composition and stratified sequence. We establish three chronological horizons based on the continuous stratified sequence between the VII and IX century: the first horizon, that we consider visigothic period, with a dated between the second half of the VII century, and maybe, the first quarter of the VIII century; the second horizon, which is dated between the middle and the end of the VIII century being of earlier emiral period chronology, even though the morphology of this kind of productions is closer to the visigothic period ones; and the third horizon that dated on the IX century, in the same line of the emiral period pottery repertories which are documented in the Tudmir zone and some places of the east of Andalucia.

Recolonization of mortars by endolithic organisms on the walls of San Roque church in Campeche (Mexico): A case of tertiary bioreceptivity

San Roque church (Campeche, Mexico) was built at the end of the 17th century with a micritic limestone and lime mortar in baroque style. In 2005 the church exhibited heavy biodeterioration associated with the development of extensive dark green phototrophic-based biofilms. Several cyanobacteria belonging to the order Chroococcales and lichenized fungi (Toninia nordlandica, Lobaria quercizans, Lecanora subcarnea, Cystocoleus ebeneus) were predominant in the dark biofilm samples, as revealed by DNA-based molecular techniques. In 2009, a cleaning and restoration intervention was adopted; however, after few months, microbial recolonization started to be noticeable on the painted church walls, representing an early phototrophic-based recolonization. According to molecular analysis, scanning electron microscopy observations and digital image analysis of cross sections, new phototrophic-based colonization, composed of cyanobacteria and bryophytes, developed mainly beneath the restored mortars. The intrinsic properties of the mortars, the tropical climate of Campeche and the absence of a biocide treatment in the restoration protocol influenced the recolonization of the church façades and enhanced the overall rate of deterioration in a short-term period.