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Source Image: PR311_01_19 of Bacakale Quarry of Iscehisar Quarries

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Description

View of the Bacakale Quarry at Iscehisar.

Monument
Iscehisar Quarries 
Monument Part
Bacakale Quarry 
Monument Type
Quarry 
Material(s)
Dokimeian marble (Archaeometric identification) Pavonazzetto (Archaeometric identification)  
Date
bc 30 - ad 500 
Keywords
Quarry DebrisQuarryface  
Collections
Iscehisar  

Location

Original Location
Iscehisar 

Evidence for working practices

Notes

The Bacakale Quarry is the largest quarry at Iscehisar (ancient Dokimeion) and the focus of modern activity at the site. Both white and coloured marble are extracted here, the latter a white-cream breccia with purple veins (pavonazzetto).

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