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Brick Artifacts as Trading Commodities, Quality, and Uses at Grogol Site, Trowulan, East Java

Authors
Dimas Nugroho1, *, S. I M. Fadhlan2, Rusyanti2
1Research Center for Prehistoric and History Archaeology, National Research and Innovation Agency, Central Jakarta, Indonesia
2Research Center for Archaeometry, National Research and Innovation Agency, Central Jakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: dimasnugroho020791@gmail.com
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Dimas Nugroho
Available Online 11 January 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-186-9_23How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Brick; Settlement; Laboratory; Mineralogy; Grogol Site
Abstract

The Grogol Site is a settlement site in the Trowulan area of Mojokerto, East Java, which is included in the cultural heritage of the Majapahit period. Various artifacts were found, and one of them is brick. Brick is a material commonly used to construct buildings and other structures related to residential. Its widespread use as a building material creates demand for bricks as a trade product. According to several written sources, many forms of baked clay were traded. As a product of industrial processing, clay-based brick combined with tempering materials certainly has a level of quality reflected in the composition of the mixture of the main ingredients and the temper used. This will affect the level of strength of the brick used to withstand the loads of building construction. This paper discusses the quality of the bricks found at the Grogol Site using mineralogical analysis to determine their physical properties, constituent compounds, and degree of combustion. By revealing the quality level of bricks at this site, it can provide an overview of the brick industry as a merchandise commodity and its use at settlement sites from the Majapahit era.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Critical Island Studies 2023 Conference (CISC 2023)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
11 January 2024
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978-2-38476-186-9
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2352-5398
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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