The provenance of marble artefacts from the roman metropolis of carnuntum (austria) la procedencia de artefactos de mármol de la metrópoli romano “carnuntum”, austria

This study has investigated the provenance of 116 marble objects from the important Roman metropolis of Carnuntum. In order to obtain the maximum information on the entire collection of the marble objects they were therefore divided into nine groups according to their macroscopic properties, prior t...

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Autores:
Unterwurzacher, Michael M.
Uhlir, Christian F.
Kremer, Gabrielle
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2010
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/33960
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/33960
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/24040/
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/24040/2/
Palabra clave:
archaeometry
petrography
archaeology
geochemistry
marble
provenance
stable isotopes
petrography
Austria
Carnuntum
Mármol
procedencia
isótopos estables
petrografía
Rights
openAccess
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Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:This study has investigated the provenance of 116 marble objects from the important Roman metropolis of Carnuntum. In order to obtain the maximum information on the entire collection of the marble objects they were therefore divided into nine groups according to their macroscopic properties, prior to selecting those objects to be sampled for laboratory investigation. The results of the macroscopic, microscopic and geochemical investigations showed that most of the coarse and medium grained marbles originated from Gummern in Carinthia (Austria) or from Pohorje (Slovenia). The fine grained marbles were, however, mostly imported from the Mediterranean.