ANDALUSI INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY

In the Andalusian period, the space previously used as a dwelling was converted into a productive area. The excavations have registered the existence of very large pits that were linked to the transformation of construction materials.

From this time, a lime kiln has been documented, composed of a wood-loading corridor and a large combustion chamber. Inside were excavated a stratum of charred wood, a stratum of slaked lime, and a sizable pile of burnt limestone rocks.

All this serves to record the last phase of Andalusian occupation, around the middle of the 9th century, when the abandonment of the old city took place. It then became a quarry from which materials were extracted and transformed for the construction of the new Andalusian urban foundation, the medina of Zorita.

Plan of one of the buildings to the south where the lime kiln was built, to the right of the image.
Plan of the building to the south of the site and the limekiln.
Detailed plan of the lime kiln.
Detailed plan of the lime kiln.
Section of the lime kiln where each of its parts are described: loading aisle, cover, combustion chamber, whitewashing and clay preparations.
Section of the lime kiln where each of its parts is described.
General view of the main chamber of the limestone.
View of the combustion chamber of the boiler and the loading orifice.
representation of a person working to make lime in the lime kiln.
Illustrated recreation of the lime kiln and the work that was carried out.

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