Sleep Thermal Comfort on Summer Nights in Mud Brick Houses at the Ancient Village of Ein Gedi, Israel
This article discusses the question if houses made of mud bricks in the ancient village of Ein Gedi during the Roman-Byzantine period could offer thermal comfort to their dwellers in the summers' hottest months when the minimum nighttime temperatures are above 30 degrees Celsius. This question...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2016]
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Revue biblique
Year: 2016, Volume: 123, Issue: 4, Pages: 586-602 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
En-Gedi
/ House
/ Loam soil
/ Brick
/ Interior climate
/ History 1-600
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| IxTheo Classification: | HH Archaeology KBL Near East and North Africa TB Antiquity TF Early Middle Ages |
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| Summary: | This article discusses the question if houses made of mud bricks in the ancient village of Ein Gedi during the Roman-Byzantine period could offer thermal comfort to their dwellers in the summers' hottest months when the minimum nighttime temperatures are above 30 degrees Celsius. This question was raised when an interesting artefact was found in one of the village houses that was ruined in the 6th c. CE. This artefact is the remains of carbonized wooden poles and a palm leaf mat, these most probably being the remains of a rope bed that was mentioned in historical sources and was common in the entire region. Cet article traite de la question de savoir si des maisons faites de briques de boue, dans l'ancien village d'Ein Gedi, au cours de la période romaine-byzantine, pouvaient offrir un confort thermique à leurs habitants dans les mois les plus chauds de l'été, lorsque les températures nocturnes minimales sont au-dessus de 30 degrés Celsius. Cette question a été soulevée quand un artefact intéressant a été trouvé dans l'une des maisons du village détruite au cours du VIe siècle de notre ère. Cet artefact est les restes de poteaux en bois carbonisés et d'une natte en feuilles de palmier, ceux-ci étant très probablement les restes d'un lit de cordes qui était mentionné dans les sources historiques et était commun à toute la région. |
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| ISSN: | 2466-8583 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Revue biblique
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/RBI.123.4.3180796 |