Atia,, H. (2006). STUDY FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT WILD PLANTS GRASSES) SPREAD IN THE ARCHEOLOGICAL AREAS AND THEIR DAMAGED ROLE. Journal of Plant Production, 31(9), 5713-5727. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2006.236153
H. R. Atia,. "STUDY FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT WILD PLANTS GRASSES) SPREAD IN THE ARCHEOLOGICAL AREAS AND THEIR DAMAGED ROLE". Journal of Plant Production, 31, 9, 2006, 5713-5727. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2006.236153
Atia,, H. (2006). 'STUDY FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT WILD PLANTS GRASSES) SPREAD IN THE ARCHEOLOGICAL AREAS AND THEIR DAMAGED ROLE', Journal of Plant Production, 31(9), pp. 5713-5727. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2006.236153
Atia,, H. STUDY FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT WILD PLANTS GRASSES) SPREAD IN THE ARCHEOLOGICAL AREAS AND THEIR DAMAGED ROLE. Journal of Plant Production, 2006; 31(9): 5713-5727. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2006.236153
STUDY FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT WILD PLANTS GRASSES) SPREAD IN THE ARCHEOLOGICAL AREAS AND THEIR DAMAGED ROLE
The wide spread of plants in the archeological areas led to many types
deformation such as the increasing content of water in walls, the defects in the
the falling of mortar. conveying of salts to the monumental buildings from soil
serection of roots to the foundations of building and the deforming of the monument
environment and other forms of damage. So it was necessary to pay visits to
different archeological areas from north to south of Egypt and collecting samples from
those plants and the soil they grow into limit the species of those plants, the family
they are belonged to and the suitable soil for their growing. This will aim at
techniques of its damage to the monumental buildings. The findings were that more
than sixty types of plants belong to different families found in the archeological areas
Some of them do not grow except in the salty soil like Arthrocnemum macrostachyum
from the Fam. Chenopodiaceae. Juncus acutus, from Juncaceae family and imperata
clyndrica from Poaceae family. Where as some plants grow in salty soil and non salty
soil like Launeae residifolia, from Asteraceae family and Polygonum equisetiforme
from Polygonaceae family And it was found that there are some plants which are
to absorb salt from soil and secrete them on the leaves surface like Tamarix niiotica
from Taman‘caceae family Or restoring them inside the leaves or inside the body
the plants and when its satisfaction they dry and fall like Zygophyllum album from
Zygophyilaceae family. Consequently wind in the first and in the second case are
to transport what they contain of salts to the walls. Also it was found that the growing
of some climbing plants which climb monumental buildings like lpomeae stoionifera
from Convolvulaceae family Led to the increasing amount of water in these buildings
and dissolving the linking substance for stones and dissolving what they contain
salts and their results of damage forms. Again it was found that there are some plants
like Convolvus arvensis from Convolvulaceae family are grown in the areas of mortar
which lead to its separation and its falling because of their absorbing of water
pressures resulting their growing. Also it was found that the increasing of plants in
resulted in defects in the soil as a result of absorbing what it contains of water, there
fore they affect the buildings they grow on. The secretion of roots leads to organic
compounds and non organic to many different forms of damages. In addition to
its existence in the archeological areas leads to deforming the environment of
monument. It was noticed that more plants are f0und in the monumental areas
lower Egypt than in upper Egypt. This may be for two reasons, first because
monumental buildings are found in agricultural soil in lower Egypt which contain
factors of agriculture, second because the dislocating of most archeological areas
lower Egypt on the tourist map of Egypt which resulted of the unconcern for these
areas that helped in growing a lot of plants there. Hence it's a must to clean these
archeological areas from those plants by using the suitable methods whether they
preservative, mechanical or chemical. This will depend on the sort of the plants found
and repeat this for many coming seasons until we get sure of getting rid of the seeds
of those plants in the soil completely. This necessity because there is a bank of seeds
in the soil which contain those plants which gives renewal of covering for natural
plants for many years, in addition to what they are distinguished for many qualities
that help them to continue and spread.
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