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Source Image: PR311_01_16 of Altıntaş Quarry

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Description

View of a channel quarry at Altıntaş, near Iscehisar.

Monument
Altıntaş Quarry 
Monument Type
Quarry 
Material(s)
Pavonazzetto (Visual identification)  
Date
ad 90 - ad 500 
Keywords
Quarryface  
Collections
Altıntaş  

Location

Original Location
Altıntaş 

Evidence for working practices

1. Quarry-face

Process
Quarrying
Description
The quarry here was cut as a long channel into the hillside presumably following a good vein of marble.

Notes

The stone quarried at Altıntaş was similar to that quarried at the larger quarries at nearby Iscehisar - a white and purple breccia (pavonazzetto).

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