Adobe
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Adobe is a building material made from loam and organic materials. Adobe is Spanish for mudbrick. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term
Adobe wall (detail) in Bahillo, Palencia, Spain
Renewal of the surface coating of an adobe wall in Chamisal, New Mexico
Adobe walls separate urban gardens in Shiraz, Iran
Church at San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Mudbrick
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A mudbrick, also called an unfired brick, is an air-dried brick composed of a mixture of mud with a binding material, such as rice husks or straw. Mudbricks are known to have been used since 9000 BCE.
Adobe
…ə-DOH-bee; Spanish: ; via Spanish, from Arabic الطّوب (at-tūb)) is a building material made from loam and organic materials. Adobe is Spanish for mudbrick. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of earthen…
New, unlaid mudbricks in the Jordan Valley, West Bank Palestine, 2011
Mudbrick was used for the construction of Elamite ziggurats—some of the world's largest and oldest constructions. Choqa Zanbil, a 13th-century BCE ziggurat in Iran, is similarly constructed from clay bricks combined with burnt bricks.
Mud-brick stamped with seal impression of raised relief of the Treasury of the Vizier. From Lahun, Fayum, Egypt. 12th Dynasty. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London
Traditional brickyard on Tuti Island in Sudan, 2016