ABSTRACT

Adobes are generally close to the volume of a double cube (13-15 cm large, 14-18 cm wide, 30-35 cm long). They are made with earth sometimes mixed to plants in a greater or lesser proportion.

Adobes are bonded using an earth mortar without any cement or lime (air or hydraulic type). Unlike adobe, mortar appears homogeneous in color and texture throughout the entire building, suggesting that the earth mortar has been prepared from beginning to end of construction in one place, generally picked up from the pond nearby.