{"id":3808,"date":"2016-06-13T21:29:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T02:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=3808"},"modified":"2016-06-15T00:39:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T05:39:32","slug":"word-of-the-day-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/06\/13\/word-of-the-day-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wonder how some of these ruins last so long?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.archaeology.org\/images\/News\/1603\/Inida-Ellora-Caves.jpg?w=800\" alt=\"India Ellora Caves\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>(Y.Shishido\/Wikimedia Commons via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archaeology.org\/news\/4254-160311-india-ellora-caves-hemp-plaster\" target=\"_blank\">archaeology.org<\/a>)<\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In some cases, such as\u00a0India\u2019s <em>Ellora Caves<\/em>, they&#8217;re built using <em>hempcrete<\/em>, a mixture of hemp and plaster. From another article, <del>this one not yet online but<\/del> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archaeology.org\/issues\/223-1607\/world\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Archaeology<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (July\/August 2016, p 25):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>They&#8217;ve survived more than 1,500 years in part, the authors of a new study believe, because hemp &#8211; cannabis, known as <em>bhang<\/em> in India &#8211; was mixed with the plaster. The composite material, called hempcrete, can provide strength, thermal insulation, fire resistance, pest resistance, and sound absorption.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanlimetechnology.com\/what-is-hempcrete\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> is a link to a modern version of hempcrete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wonder how some of these ruins last so long? (Y.Shishido\/Wikimedia Commons via archaeology.org) In some cases, such as\u00a0India\u2019s Ellora Caves, they&#8217;re built using hempcrete, a mixture of hemp and plaster. From another article, this one not yet online but in Archaeology (July\/August 2016, p 25): They&#8217;ve survived more than \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/06\/13\/word-of-the-day-11\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3808"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3816,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions\/3816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}