Studies on original mortars can greatly assist archaeological interpretations, as elucidating the composition of such mortars gives clues on the origin of raw materials, manufacturing technology, and the construction phases of a site. This article presents the multi-analytical characterisation of 24 mortars and plasters from the Żejtun Roman Villa, Malta, to support archaeological hypotheses on the history of the construction...

Aim To analyse the dependence of phytoplankton species richness on temperature within the framework of the metabolic theory of ecology ( MTE ) with explicit consideration of its assumptions and predictions. Location Lakes from the S outhern H emisphere – S outh A merica ( A rgentinean P ampa to T ierra del F uego) and A ntarctica – and N orthern H emisphere – N orth A merica ( USA ) and E urope ( D enmark to S pain). Methods T...