1) Architectural element
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Anathyrosis is the technical term for how the ancients frequently dressed the joints of stone blocks. Since the blocks were set directly against each other without the use of mortar, the joint had to be exact. In order to reduce the amount of time required to form such a joint, the joining face of the stone was finished and smoothed only in a narr...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anathyrosis
The process of hollowing out between drafted edges of stone, where the goal was to prepare contact faces for a close joint without the use of mortar
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http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
No exact match found.
