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4/02/2016

Stone materials in Lusitania reflecting the process of romanization

The Roman province of Lusitania was the last mainland of the Iberian Peninsula in the process of Romanization. The use of marble in this territory, from the Augustan times until the gradual fall of the Roman Empire, is evaluated as one of the cultural and economic phenomena developed by Rome. Throughout over four centuries of […]
4/02/2016

Métodos analíticos en el estudio del mármol estatuario. ¿Es local o importado?

This contribution aims to expose a number of considerations regarding the reliability of the analytical results in the determination of the quarry of origin of white marbles which are part of different Roman decorative programs. The experience gained after the analytical study of countless Hispanic archaeological pieces, leads us to propose a methodology to develop […]
4/02/2016

Petrography, geochemistry, and cathodoluminescence of ancient white marble from quarries in the southern Phrygia and northern Caria regions of Turkey: Considerations of provenance discrimination

Marble quarries exploited in antiquity of the Denizli and Karacasu Basins (Turkey) were characterized by their petrography, carbon and oxygen isotopes, and cathodoluminescence. This study is an useful contribution for provenance studies of archaeological artifacts composed of unknown marble. Marble quarries from Hierapolis, Laodikeia, and Aphrodisias territories were considered; they constitute a homogeneous group of […]
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