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Source Image: PR311_01_20 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

1. - Quarry-face

Process
Quarrying
Description
Roughly stepped ancient quarry faces are visible across this area.

1. - Quarry Debris

Process
Quarrying
Description
Debris is visible on the right. This debris consists primarily of chips of stone leftover from quarrying and roughing-out of blocks but it also contains large numbers of abandoned blocks, many with flaws in. Quarrying is a wasteful business and 50-60% of all the material extracted probably ended up as waste in such piles.

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). In the foreground modern workers are visible squaring blocks by hand with picks.

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