Black limestone used in antiquity: recognizing the limestone of Teos. (9th September 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Black limestone used in antiquity: recognizing the limestone of Teos. (9th September 2018)
- Main Title:
- Black limestone used in antiquity: recognizing the limestone of Teos
- Authors:
- Brilli, M.
Giustini, F.
Kadıoğlu, M. - Abstract:
- Abstract : This paper documents the petrographic and isotopic characteristics of some black limestones that were exploited in antiquity near the ancient site of Teos in Ionia (south‐western Anatolia, Turkey). The best‐quality black limestone of Teos is represented by a series of step‐cut‐shaped blocks situated north of the Seferihisar–Sığacık road, destined to be exported and used for architectural elements. The techniques used to study these blocks allow possible identification of the origin of Teos in ancient black stone artefacts. Nevertheless, petrographic and geochemical investigation on some black limestones that outcrop in the area near Teos has not firmly identified the quarry fronts from which these blocks were quarried away, but it supports the known hypothesis that Teian black limestones were found and quarried in conjunction with the Africano marble.
- Is Part Of:
- Archaeometry. Volume 61:Number 2(2019)
- Journal:
- Archaeometry
- Issue:
- Volume 61:Number 2(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 61, Issue 2 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 61
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0061-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 282
- Page End:
- 295
- Publication Date:
- 2018-09-09
- Subjects:
- Teos -- black limestone -- stable isotopes -- petrography
Archaeometry -- Periodicals
Archaeology -- Expertising -- Periodicals
930.1 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0003-813X&site=1 ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/arcm.12426 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0003-813X
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- Legaldeposit
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