Applied microfacies analysis: Provenance studies of Roman mosaic stones

Flügel, Erik; Flügel, Christof

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“…In short, we have highlighted the areas where it is possible to obtain rocks from which such tesserae could be made. Additionally, we used provenance criteria for local, regional and imported material as defined by Flügel and Flügel (); that is, a 10 km radius for local and a 40 km radius for regional provenance. Outcrops of matching formations located farther than 40 km from the mosaic sites are considered here as imported.…”

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“…Despite the fact that the most common and important material for tesserae is limestone (cf., Fiori et al ), studies of the microfacies, geochemistry and provenance of limestone tesserae are extremely rare (Flügel and Flügel ; Flügel ; Capedri et al ; Dekayir et al ; Wilkinson et al ; Tasker et al ). The work of Flügel and Flügel () stands out as the first paper to use comprehensive microfacies analysis of limestone tesserae used in Roman mosaics from southern Germany, Austria, Italy and Tunisia in order to elucidate their local versus regional origin.…”

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Variety of Black and White Limestone Tesserae Used in Ancient Mosaics in Slovenia

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This study concerns the microfacies characterization of white and black limestone tesserae from selected Roman floor mosaics in Slovenia, with the aim of defining their provenance. We investigated 42 tesserae from 15 different mosaics from the archaeological sites of Ljubljana, Izola, Mošnje, Ptuj, Črnomelj and Šentpavel, dated from the first century BC to the fifth century AD. Among the studied tesserae, 13 different microfacies were identified: eight black and five white. The most common were mudstones with ostracods (65% of black tesserae) and wacke-packstones with miliolids (85% of white tesserae). The majority of the identified facies can be found in the Cretaceous successions of the Dinaric Carbonate Platform in southwestern Slovenia, north-eastern Italy and south-eastern Croatia, suggesting a regional or imported origin of the tesserae.

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Variety of Black and White Limestone Tesserae Used in Ancient Mosaics in Slovenia

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“…1 Neal 2006, 2010;Cosh 2002, 2009 2 For example, Rainey, 1973;Johnson, 1987;and more recently, Ling 1997;Witts 20053 Smith 1969Johnson 19874 Wilkinson et al 20085 Tasker et al 2011 For example, by Cosh 2002, 69. 7 Flügel andFlügel 1997;Flügel 1999, 20048 Allen and Fulford 2004Allen et al 20079 Hayward 200910 Wilkinson et al 2008Tasker et al 2011 11 Flügel 1999 12 Flügel and Flügel, 1997 13 Clay and Pollard, 1994, 46 22 Mattingly 2007, 140-1 23 Cooper 2006, 147;Higgins et al 2009, 3 24 Johnson 1980 25 Connor and Buckley 1999 26 Higgins et al 200927 Johnson 1980Higgins et al 2009 28 Cosh 2002, 110-115 29 Neal andCosh 2002, 123, 127 30 Archaeological context numbers for the locations of the redeposited tesserae and the Small Find 1084 are given in Tables 2-5. These can be related to the relevant context descriptions in Higgins et al 2009.…”

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Provenance of Chalk Tesserae from a Roman Town-House in Vine Street, Leicester

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Fourth century AD chalk tesserae from Roman Leicester (Ratae Corieltavorum) yield rich microfossil assemblages that identify a biostratigraphical age of Cretaceous Late Cenomanian to Early Turonian.The nearest chalk outcrops to Leicester lie in Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and north Norfolk, indicating that the material for the tesserae must have been sourced remotely and transported to Ratae. Superimposing the Roman road network onto a map of the relevant Chalk Group distribution provides a guide to possible sources. A process of evaluation identifies Baldock in Hertfordshire and Bridlington in Yorkshire as the most likely sources for the Leicester tesserae.

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“…Along with its sensitivity to the variation in chemical composition of carbonates, it also facilitates distinction of fossil fragments that are not visible by conventional microscopy. This contributes to separation of marbles by microfacial analysis, a technique proposed for provenance studies by Flügel and Flügel (1997).…”

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Decorative marbles from the Krkonoše-Jizera Terrane (Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic): provenance criteria

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2007

Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch)

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Marbles from western part of the Krkonoše-Jizera Terrane (northern part of the Bohemian Massif) have been studied to obtain mineropetrographic and chemical reference data for provenance studies. Samples from six different quarries were analysed by mineralogical-petrographic and geochemical methods (optical microscopy, Xray diffraction, stable isotope ratio analysis, cathodoluminescence, bulk magnetic susceptibility). Petrographic characteristics permit a distinction between fine-grained to medium-grained marbles from the Jizera Mts (amphibolite metamorphic facies) and fine-grained marbles from the Ještěd Mts (low-grade greenschist facies). The samples studied are mainly calcitic, with the exception of those from Raspenava in which dolomite is abundant in two types. The mineralogical composition of the insoluble residues is clinochlore ± serpentine ± tremolite ± diopside ± pyrite + magnetite in case of the locality Raspenava and clinochlore + muscovite ± quartz ± pyrite ± rutile ± haematite in case of the localities from the Ještěd Mts. d 13 C and d 18 O variations in primary and secondary carbonate phases allow to distinguish genetically different carbonate veins and permit quarry separation in one case (Raspenava, Jizera Mts). The d 13 C and d 18 O values of the groundmass range from -1 to +3% and from -8 to -20% (PDB), respectively. The d 13 C and d 18 O values of secondary carbonate veins decrease to -3% and reach more negative values up to -26% in case of d 18 O. The fabric of cathodomicrofacies allows the distinction between calcite and dolomite, except three localities (Pilínkov, Horní Hanychov, Jitrava-rose type) with majority of quenchers (high content of iron in carbonate). The genetically different calcite is characterised by a pale and dark orange luminescence distribution. Serpentine, tremolite, forsterite, opaque minerals and quartz have no luminescence and very dull luminescence, respectively. The majority of studied marbles exhibits low values of the bulk magnetic susceptibility, with the exception of those from Raspenava rich in magnetite.

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Applied microfacies analysis: Provenance studies of Roman mosaic stones

Cited by 21 publications

References 26 publications

Variety of Black and White Limestone Tesserae Used in Ancient Mosaics in Slovenia

Variety of Black and White Limestone Tesserae Used in Ancient Mosaics in Slovenia

Provenance of Chalk Tesserae from a Roman Town-House in Vine Street, Leicester

Decorative marbles from the Krkonoše-Jizera Terrane (Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic): provenance criteria

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