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Source Image: PR316_01_09 of Marmara Adası Quarries

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Description

Detail of a quarry on Marmara Adası (ancient Prokonnesos).

Monument
Marmara Adası Quarries 
Monument Type
Quarry 
Material(s)
Prokonnesian Marble (Archaeometric identification)  
Date
post bc 600 
Keywords
Quarryface  
Collections
Marmara Adası  

Location

Original Location
Marmara Adası 

Evidence for working practices

1. Quarry-face

Process
Quarrying
Description
An ancient quarry-face (dark brown) can be seen in this image, with modern work cutting into it at the bottom. The lines on the ancient quarry-face suggest that large blocks were extracted from this area.

Notes

Quarrying activity on Marmara Adası (ancient Prokonnesos) began in the Classical period, if not earlier, and continued through the Byzantine and Ottoman period up to the present day. The peak period of quarrying on the island prior to the modern period was the Roman period, however. Prokonnesian marble is white with fine, sometimes thicker, grey veins.

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