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Source Image: PR936_01_23 of Bacakale Quarry of Iscehisar Quarries

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Description

Workers squaring blocks in 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
Roughed-out Object  
Collections
Turkey Iscehisar  

Location

Original Location
Iscehisar 

Evidence for working practices

1. Toolmarks

Process
Squaring
Tool
Pick
Method
Angle: Steep (60-70°)
Force: Hard
Description
This worker is squaring his block with the quarry pick, wielded under-arm.

Notes

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

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