2019
DOI: 10.3390/heritage2010035
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The Provenance of Marbles and Alabasters Used in the Monuments of Hierapolis in Phrygia (Turkey): New Information from a Systematic Review and Integration of Archaeological and Archaeometric Data

Abstract: Determining the provenance of the stones used for ancient architectures is very important in order to reconstruct many social and economic questions linked to the life of a city. This paper integrates previous and new archaeometric data about marble and alabaster quarries in south-western Phrygia (Lykos valley), and offers a review of some results of the research activities carried out between the years 2013–2018 and aimed to reconstruct the building stone procurement strategies adopted in the city of Hierapol… Show more

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“…Beside these, a wide variety of stones and limestones from different provenances were used. Because of the abundant presence of white and polychrome marble quarries in Turkey and the abundance of archaeological materials, several studies have focused on the description of the geological materials and the provenance of architectural and sculpture fragments from this area [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Beside these, a wide variety of stones and limestones from different provenances were used. Because of the abundant presence of white and polychrome marble quarries in Turkey and the abundance of archaeological materials, several studies have focused on the description of the geological materials and the provenance of architectural and sculpture fragments from this area [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39].…”
Section: Graphical Abstractmentioning
confidence: 99%