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Earthen detail at Tschudi Palace, one of the nine earthen palaces of the Ciudadela Chan-Chan Chimu empire, constructed in the fifteenth century. Photo: Claudia Cancino, GCI.
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Diagonal compression test of a mud-brick small-scale wall, performed as part of the grouting research project developed in collaboration with the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP) in Lima. Photo: courtesy of PUCP.
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The Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou, a World Heritage site. The site is an example of a living earthen settlement in the Kingdom of Morocco. Photo: Claudia Cancino, GCI.
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Dowlatabad Historical Garden in Yazd, Iran. This building, made of earth, was the venue for the Terra 2003 conference. Photo: Mary Hardy, GCI.
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Structural damage to the earthen Cathedral of Ica, the result of a VIII Mercalli scale earthquake in August 2007 in Peru. Photo: Claudia Cancino, GCI.
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GSAP 2006 colloquium participants on site visit to Rancho Los Cerritos in Long Beach, California. Photo: Rick Miller, GCI.
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A teaching session during the Second Pan-American Course on the Conservation and Management of Earthen Architectural and Archaeological Heritage, held in 1999 at the El Brujo archaeological site in Peru. Photo: GCI.
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Typical seismic crack jeopardizing the structural stability of the earthen Church of Carabayllo, Peru, built in 1571 and retrofitted with earthen butresses after a 1746 earthquake. Photo: courtesy of Luis Villacorta Santamato.
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An August 2007 experts meeting organized at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru in Lima to discuss testing protocols for the study of structural earthen grouts as a repair technique for historic earthen buildings located in seismic areas. Photo: Claudia Cancino, GCI.
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