The Value of Marble in Roman Hispalis: Contextual, Typological and Lithological Analysis of an Assemblage of Large Architectural Elements Recovered at Nº 17 Goyeneta Street (Seville, Spain)

Taylor, Ruth; Rodríguez, Oliva; Ontiveros, Esther; Loza, María Luisa; Beltrán, José; Rodríguez, Araceli Parra

doi:10.31534/xi.asmosia.2015/01.13

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“…In Hispania, these marbles were used for the first time in the theatre of Gades in the Augustan period (Ventura, Borrego, 2011;Ventura et al 2021) and later became generalised in large construction projects, especially during the Flavian period (Ruiz 2013). Their wide use is confirmed in Roman Baetica in Corduba (Márquez 1998(Márquez , 2004, Italica (Rodà 1997;Rodríguez 2008;Becerra et al 2021), Hispalis (Amores et al 2008;Taylor et al 2018), Astigi (Ordóñez et al 2015) and Gades (Rodà 2020), among others. On the other hand, the quarries of Paros, Naxos, Thassos and, later, Aphrodisias, achieved great importance as exporters of marble to the Hellenistic and Roman world.…”

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Archaeometric analysis of a Roman sculptural group from Asido (Medina Sidonia, Cádiz, Spain)

Ontiveros-Ortega,

Loza-Azuaga,

Beltrán-Fortes

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This paper presents the results of the archaeometric study of 19 Roman sculptures of the Imperial period from the colonia of Asido Caesarina (present-day Medina Sidonia, Cádiz, Spain). The samples have been analyzed from a mineralogical, petrographic and geochemical perspective, complemented by δ13C and δ18O isotopic data. The physical and compositional characteristics of these marbles have been compared with reference quarry samples from the South of Hispania and some of the main Mediterranean white marbles, and with the data from archaeological elements made with foreign marbles previously identified in other Roman cities of Baetica. The application of a multi-method approach has made it possible to establish criteria for the differentiation between these marbles, in which geochemical and isotopic data play a key role. Surprisingly, from the archaeological point of view, the results indicate the majority use of imported marbles from Paros and Luni-Carrara.

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Archaeometric analysis of a Roman sculptural group from Asido (Medina Sidonia, Cádiz, Spain)

Ontiveros-Ortega,

Loza-Azuaga,

Beltrán-Fortes

et al. 2023

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“…En el conjunto de materiales arquitectónicos (Taylor et al, 2018), aunque de no todos ellos se pueda garantizar un funcionamiento coetáneo, se reconoce, por tanto, la combinación de piedras locales con otras foráneas. Al mármol lunense (basas de pilastra) se unen diferentes variedades de Almadén de La Plata (basamentos, basas y fustes de columna), caliza oolítica rosada de Sintra (fustes de columna), así como el citado travertino bandeado en grandes fustes monolíticos de columna y cuyo origen podría ser norteafricano (act.…”

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“…7. La excavación permanece inédita aunque un trabajo sobre el uso del mármol en los diferentes elementos recuperados se presentó al XI Congreso de la Asmosia celebrado en Split en 2016:Taylor et al, 2018. La variedad polícroma corresponde al número 6 de la clasificación incluida en dicho trabajo.…”

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Caracterización de un nuevo marmor polícromo bético explotado en época romana

Gutiérrez

Madroñal

2019

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El presente trabajo pretende dar a conocer, de forma más sistemática que las breves noticias parciales hasta ahora publicadas, una variedad de marmor polícromo empleado en época romana en construcciones y elementos en diferentes ciudades béticas, con especial concentración en el valle del Guadalquivir. El estudio incluye su caracterización petrográfica básica, así como la identificación de los principales contextos de uso, con valiosos datos tanto en lo que se refiere a la dispersión de los materiales como al volumen y naturaleza de la extracción. Asimismo se avanza en una propuesta de carácter territorial destinada a identificar los lugares más propicios para la ubicación de la cantera antigua, desconocida hasta la fecha, así como los resultados del posterior trabajo de campo realizado a partir de dichas hipótesis de localización.

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“…However, along with these Hispanic marbles a large variety of stones from other quarries located in the Empire can be found in southern Hispania (Beltrán, 2012b), although they are mainly elements easy to transport, as opus sectile veneers and revetments (Becerra, 2016; Becerra & Vargas, 2018; Gutiérrez‐Deza, 2007; Pérez Olmedo, 1996). Luni ‐Carrara marble was notably used in western areas of the Roman Empire for imperial building projects (Antonelli & Lazzarini, 2015; Attanasio, 2003; Blanc et al, 2020; Cramer et al, 2010; Gutiérrez García‐Moreno & Rodà, 2012; Lapuente & Royo, 2016; Pensabene, 2012a, 2012b), as seen in various Baetican towns, for example, in Astigi (Ordóñez Agulla et al, 2018), Hispalis (Taylor et al, 2018), and Italica (Becerra, 2017; Rodà, 1997; Rodríguez Gutiérrez, 2004, 2008); its use even extending to North Africa (Antonelli et al, 2009b, 2014). The use of ornamental rocks from southern Hispania combined with other stones from distant places of the Empire stand out in urban contexts, above all, in public buildings (Becerra, 2019; Mayer & Rodà, 1998; Rodríguez Gutiérrez, 2004, 2008), as the Traianeum of Italica .…”

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Marmora of the Traianeum of Italica (Santiponce, Seville, Spain): New data provided by archaeometric analysis

2021

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This article aims to identify a series of stone materials used in the ornamentation of the Traianeum of Italica (Santiponce, prov. Seville, Spain), the imperial cult shrine commissioned by Hadrian in honour of his adoptive father, Trajan, from a petrographic, mineralogical, and geochemical point of view. The study highlights the simultaneous use of local and, above all, foreign marbles. Local marbles from Almadén de la Plata (prov. Seville) and Hill of Mijas (prov. Malaga) were used particularly for wall coverings and pavements, whereas Luni‐Carrara marble stands out as the preferred ornamental foreign marble used in column shafts, bases, capitals, balustrade finishes, and so forth. In addition, cipollino marble was mainly used for the column shafts of the hecatostylon portico, but the analysis has not been able to specify its exact provenance, whether it is from Euboea or local, possibly the area of Almadén de la Plata. However, given that this was a construction promoted by the emperor, it might be possible that it would have come from Greece.

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The Value of Marble in Roman Hispalis: Contextual, Typological and Lithological Analysis of an Assemblage of Large Architectural Elements Recovered at Nº 17 Goyeneta Street (Seville, Spain)

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Archaeometric analysis of a Roman sculptural group from Asido (Medina Sidonia, Cádiz, Spain)

Archaeometric analysis of a Roman sculptural group from Asido (Medina Sidonia, Cádiz, Spain)

Caracterización de un nuevo marmor polícromo bético explotado en época romana

Marmora of the Traianeum of Italica (Santiponce, Seville, Spain): New data provided by archaeometric analysis

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