Torba (building material)

Torba is a cement-like, solidified, very stable material that was used to manufacture floors in Neolithic temples on Malta and Gozo . For this purpose, crushed globigerine lime was placed on a bed of small stones and, similar to the lime press technique, moistened and tamped several times.

literature

• Joachim von Freeden: Malta and the architecture of its megalithic temples. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1993, ISBN 3-534-11012-9 , p. 294.
• Kai Brodersen: Ancient sites on the Mediterranean . Metzler Lexikon, 1999, ISBN 3-476-01608-0 , p. 203.

Web links

• Website with photos www.everythingiselectric.com (English)
• Malta, Gozo, Comino , Baedeker, pp. 47, 145, 263. books.google.at

Individual evidence

1. ^ Joann Cassar: The use of limestone in a historic context - the experience of Malta . In: BJ Smith, M. Gomez-Heras, HA Viles, J. Cassar (Eds.): Limestone in the Built Environment: Present Day Challenges for the Preservation of the Past . Routledge, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-86239-294-6 , pp. 13–25 , doi : 10.1144 / SP331.2 ( limited preview in Google Book search).