Volubilis (Meknes, Morocco): Archaeometric study of the white and coloured marbles imported in the Roman age

Antonelli, Fabrizio; Lazzarini, Lorenzo; Cancelliere, Stefano; Dessandier, David

doi:10.1016/j.culher.2008.04.006

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“…The remaining ''minor marbles'' have been, however, considered in the text for an updating of the published isotopic diagrams reorganized on a geographic base. We did not consider the (rare) North African white marbles whose distribution in antiquity was prevalently regional (Antonelli et al 2009a(Antonelli et al , b, 2010(Antonelli et al , 2014bOriglia et al 2012) with the only possible exception concerning the marble quarried at Cap de Garde, near Annaba (Algeria), a variety of the so-called greco scritto, for which a complete petrographic and isotopic database was established very recently (Antonelli et al 2009a(Antonelli et al , b, 2010Herrmann et al 2012). …”

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An updated petrographic and isotopic reference database for white marbles used in antiquity

Antonelli

Lazzarini

2015

Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei

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The identification of the quarry of provenance of ancient marble artefacts is, on the one hand, of the utmost interest to archaeologists and art historians, on the other hand, one of the most debated problems of petro-archaeometry. Scholars of different disciplines (geosciences, chemistry, physics) have been trying for more than a century such identification by means of a unique or multiple laboratory analysis without totally positive results in absence of non-destructive techniques. To date, the best probabilities of success are obtained by combining together at least two analytical methodologies and jointly processing all the data obtained. In particular, the detailed minero-petrographic examination of a thin section and the determination of the C and O stable isotopic ratios on the same sample is currently the most widely used and reliable combination. Such a combination takes advantage of the most updated existing databases for the main Mediterranean marbles very commonly used in classical antiquity. On the basis of a complete scrutiny of the recent literature data published from 2002 to 2012, we propose here an upgrade and reorganization on a geographic base of the petrographic and isotopic databanks based on hundreds of analyses relative to the marbles from the major and some minor quarries active in Greek and Roman times. These new data allow to increase the statistical significance of the whole database and draw new global reference isotopic diagrams related to the maximum grain size (MGS) of the different marbles proving very useful to better determining the provenance of a given archaeological/historical marble objects

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An updated petrographic and isotopic reference database for white marbles used in antiquity

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2015

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“…The presence of Iberian varieties in Mauretania Tingitana (Morocco) was first noted in the archaeological remains of Volubilis , where pinkish marbles from the Estremoz Anticline were detected (Antonelli et al . ), and then attributed to the Roman Baetican province at both the Thamusida (Origlia et al . ) and Banasa (Antonelli et al .…”

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“…Apart from comparison with the classical Mediterranean marbles of antiquity and with local Moroccan species (Antonelli et al . ; Origlia et al . ), the artefacts studied were also compared with the most important Iberian white marbles.…”

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Petrographic Characterization and Provenance Determination of the Crystalline Marbles Used in the Roman City of Banasa (Morocco): New Data on the Import of Iberian Marble in Roman North Africa

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This paper reports the results of an archaeometric study of the crystalline marbles used in the Roman city of Banasa (Morocco). On‐site surveys allowed a detailed inspection of the monuments of the ancient city and sampling of the different marble lithotypes used for architectural purposes and sculptures. The inventory was completed by the study of both the grey‐and‐white streaked or spotted marble items stored in the warehouse of the archaeological site and of those currently exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum of Rabat. Provenance determination of 28 samples was carried out by means of a multi‐method approach combining mineralogical–petrographic data and C–O stable isotope analyses as the first step, and cathodoluminescence microscopy as a complementary technique to verify possible unusual alternative origins of some marbles. The analytical results obtained were compared with both the most reliable international databases and the few available studies dealing with the use of marble in other Roman towns in Morocco (e.g., Volubilis, Thamusida and Sala‐Chellah). They point to a variety of classical marble sources such as Carrara, Mount Penteli, Paros, Marmara and probably Mount Filfila (Algeria), and prove a significant import of Iberian lithotypes.

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“…Y cabe recordar que las ciudades emplazadas próximas a la entonces desembocadura/ estuario del Guadalquivir en el Lacus Lugustinus, Hispalis e Italica, habrían mostrado características equiparables a las de las ciudades costeras. Estos centros receptores de materiales foráneos y distribuidores de materiales regionales no sólo compondrían los nodos de las redes de difusión hispanas, sino que constituirían asimismo puntos del mayor interés en los circuitos comerciales existentes entre el sur de la Peninsula Ibérica y el Norte de África, donde mármoles del Anticlinal de Estremoz ya han sido identificados en Volubilis (Antonelli et al 2009).…”

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Marmora Lusitana en la Bética romana

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Volubilis (Meknes, Morocco): Archaeometric study of the white and coloured marbles imported in the Roman age

Cited by 49 publications

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An updated petrographic and isotopic reference database for white marbles used in antiquity

An updated petrographic and isotopic reference database for white marbles used in antiquity

Petrographic Characterization and Provenance Determination of the Crystalline Marbles Used in the Roman City of Banasa (Morocco): New Data on the Import of Iberian Marble in Roman North Africa

Marmora Lusitana en la Bética romana

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