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Source Image: PR309_14_19 of Ardıçlı Quarries of Aphrodisias Quarries

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Description

Detail of quarrying 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
These lines of quarry pick marks were made during the cutting of a channel down one side of a block which has since been removed.

Notes

This quarry-face has been exposed by modern activity started in the 1980s and stopped recently.

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