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Source Image: PR309_09_18 of Ardıçlı Quarries of Aphrodisias Quarries

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Description

Details of quarry-face on Ardıçlı hill near Aphrodisias.

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

Location

Original Location
Aphrodisias 

Evidence for working practices

1. Toolmarks

Process
Quarrying
Tool
Pick
Method
Angle: Steep (60-70°)
Force: Hard
Description
The marks of the quarry pick can be seen on the surface of the rock in this detail.

2. Wedge holes

Process
Quarrying
Tool
Wedge
Description
The two rows of rectangular holes on this block were carved out for the insertion of wedges but the wedges themselves never seem to have been used because no split in the stone is visible.

Notes

This is one 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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