Source Image: PR103_01_02 of Penteli Quarries

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Description

General view of the Penteli Quarries (ancient Pentelikon)

Monument: Penteli Quarries
Monument Type: Quarry
Material(s): Pentelic Marble (Archaeometric identification)
Date: post bc 700 - pre ad 300
Keywords: Quarry Debris, Quarryface
Collections: Penteli

Location

Original Location: Penteli

Evidence for working practices

1. - Quarry-face

Process: Quarrying
Description: The quarry-faces visible here are ancient but has been heavily damaged by modern work.

1. - Quarry Debris

Process: Quarrying
Description: The debris in this image is largely the result of modern quarrying, probably with explosives. This process is hugely wasteful as the quantities of leftover pieces of stone visible here show.

Notes

The quarries at Penteli near Athens, on the slopes of Mount Pentelikon, were used continually for well over a thousand years in antiquity and the area is being quarried again today. The site consists of several hundred extraction points. Pentelic marble is a fine white marble with a slightly golden tint.