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Source Image: PR309_11_10 of Ardıçlı Quarries of Aphrodisias Quarries

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Description

Quarry picks marks in a quarry 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
Quarrying  
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 parallel lines in this image are the marks of a quarry pick. This is the bottom of a channel which was originally cut between two blocks which have since been extracted.

Notes

This detail is from one of the small 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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