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Source Image: PR309_05_24 of Taşkesiği Quarries of Aphrodisias Quarries

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Description

View of Quarry 13 on the Taşkesiği hill, Aphrodisias.

Monument
Aphrodisias Quarries 
Monument Part
Taşkesiği Quarries 
Monument Type
Quarry 
Material(s)
Aphrodisian marble (Archaeometric identification)  
Date
circa bc 50 - circa ad 400 
Keywords
Quarryface  
Collections
Aphrodisias  

Location

Original Location
Aphrodisias 

Evidence for working practices

1. - Quarry-face

Process
Quarrying
Description
The quarry-face in this section is almost vertical but a ledge can be seen at the bottom where the lowest level of blocks were removed.

1. - Toolmarks

Process
Quarrying
Tool
Pick
Method
Angle: Steep (60-70°)
Force: Hard
Description
The toolmarks on the rock-face are the traces of the quarry pick. These marks run in bands across the quarry-face corresponding to different phase of work.

Notes

This is a section of one of largest quarries of the more than seventy individual extraction points which constitute the so-called City Quarries at Aphrodisias, located roughly 2 km north of the city. White and grey marbles were quarried in this area.

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