The conservation of the Carmona Necropolis (Sevilla, Spain)

Abstract

During the triennium 2007-2009, our multidisciplinary research group conducted a comprehensive project to study the conservation status of the Carmona Necropolis (Sevilla, Spain). This project, funded by the Regional Government of Andalusia, aimed to characterise the alteration processes in building materials and host-rock of tombs in order to design preventive guidelines and corrective measures for the near future to optimise the conservation status of each particular tomb. An integrative assessment of the different geo-environmental factors that interact on a small scale has helped us with the understanding of the past weathering evolution of tombs and in foreseeing their possible future deterioration, as well as defining the general and particular safe microclimatic conditions for suitable conservation.