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Source Image: PR309_05_15 of Taşkesiği Quarries of Aphrodisias Quarries

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Description

Aerial photograph of the quarries on the Taşkesiği hill, Aphrodisias.

Monument
Aphrodisias Quarries 
Monument Part
Taşkesiği Quarries 
Monument Type
Quarry 
Material(s)
Aphrodisian marble (Archaeometric identification)  
Date
circa bc 50 - circa ad 400 
Keywords
Quarry DebrisQuarryface  
Collections
Aphrodisias  

Location

Original Location
Aphrodisias 

Evidence for working practices

1. - Quarry-face

Process
Quarrying
Description
The largest quarry-faces are concentrated on the western side of the Taşkesiği hill.

1. - Quarry Debris

Process
Quarrying
Description
The large debris piles in front of them are composed mainly of chips of stone left over from quarrying. Around 50-60 % of the stone extracted would have ended up as waste like this.

Notes

This aerial photograph (north at the top) shows the intensity of quarrying along the western side of the Taşkesiği hill, roughly 2 km north of Aphrodisias. The large debris piles are especially clear, as are the shadows made by the highest quarry faces. Across the rest of the ridge, to the east, the remains of much smaller quarries can also be seen.

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