A micropalaeontologically based provenance analysis of masonry and floor tiles from the medieval cathedral of Paderborn (northern Germany)
Nathalie Lübke|Jörg Mutterlose|N. Börste|Ulrich Kaplan
The medieval Paderborn Cathedral in Germany underwent five main construction phases its 1200‐year‐long history. uniform lithology of the masonry does not allow a precise reconstruction source material. Unique shale floor tiles 11th‐century building, excavated recently, are unknown origin. Micropalaeontology is here used for an analysis provenance and tiles. data indicate that course building history, geographically geologically different areas supplied limestones cathedral. Microfossils from dark suggest material was mined south‐east Paderborn.
Archaeometry