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Source Image: PR940_01_01 of Yedi Tașlar Quarries

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Description

Roughed-out column shafts in the quarries at Yedi Tașlar in the Troad.

Monument
Yedi Tașlar Quarries 
Monument Type
Quarry 
Material(s)
Troad Granite (Archaeometric identification)  
Date
circa bc 50 - ad 500 
Keywords
Roughed-out Object  
Collections
Troad  

Location

Original Location
Yedi Tașlar 

Evidence for working practices

1. - Toolmarks

Process
Roughing-out
Description
Roughed-out column shafts have been left abandoned in the quarry.

1. - Quarry Debris

Process
Quarrying
Description
Most of the debris visible in this image is leftover from quarrying. Occasionally larger blocks - like these roughed-out column shafts - are found among this debris. They might be rejects, due to a fault, or never left the quarry for some other reason.

Notes

The grey granite from the Troad was a popular material for monolithic column shafts in the Roman imperial period and was used extensively all around the coasts of Asia Minor and in the Levant. The Yedi Tașlar quarries are one of the main sources of this stone and are famous for this series of monolithic shafts left abandoned in them.

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