The provenance of marbles used for ancient statuary and architecture is of utmost
importance for archaeologists, art historians and archaeometrists. The aim of this paper is to …

Quantitative cathodoluminescence (CL) has rarely been applied for the archaeometric
studies concerning marble provenance, despite its potential. This paper develops the …

This paper focuses on the role of the most common mineralogical techniques applied to the
identification of the different statuary qualities in white, grey, and black Göktepe marble. For …

This archaeometric study is focused on the marble used in a group of fragmented sculptures
found at the Roman villa of Quinta das Longas (Elvas, Portugal). Dating from the 4th century …

A multi-analytical approach is usually applied in provenance studies of archaeological
marbles. However, for very similar marble varieties, additional techniques and approaches …

The study of the provenance of dolomitic marble artefacts has become relevant since it was
discovered that quarries of this marble other than that of Cape-Vathy located on the island of …

A selection of the most outstanding white marble sculptures from Tarraco has been
archaeometrically studied to know more about the marble sources and their respective …

Herod “the Great”, king of Judea in the second half of the first century BC, was known for his
building projects, wealth, and political power. Two of his personal calcite-alabaster bathtubs …

Le transport par voie maritime des matières premières dans l'Antiquité a en général été
étudié par secteur d'activité: marbres et autres pierres, matériaux de construction en terre …

Abstract The Apuan Alps are studied by several authors since the nineteenth century for the
presence of important geoheritage mainly represented by metamorphic polydeformed rocks …