SCIENTIFIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE POHORJE MARBLES,SLOVENIA |
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Authors: | S JARC Y MANIATIS E DOTSIKA D TAMBAKOPOULOS N ZUPANCIC |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Geology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Askerceva 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;2. Laboratory of Archaeometry, Institute of Materials Science, NCSR ‘Demokritos’, 153 10 Aghia Paraskevi, Attiki, Greece |
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Abstract: | As a former part of the great Roman Empire, Slovenia has many archaeological sites featuring buildings and objects entirely or partly constructed from marble whose provenance is doubtful. In Slovenia, the most probable source of such marble is the Pohorje Mountains. For the purpose of supporting further provenance studies, these marbles are fully scientifically characterized. The techniques used are petrographic and geochemical analysis, stable isotope ratio analysis and EPR spectroscopy. The results show that the Pohorje marbles are highly heterogeneous in both their isotopic and geochemical parameters as well as grain sizes. The parameters of the different Pohorje marble outcrops are compared between themselves and with the parameters of known ancient quarries in the Mediterranean and Austria. The use of a multi‐technique approach with combined parameters allows the best possible discrimination. |
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Keywords: | MARBLE SLOVENIA POHORJE CHARACTERIZATION GRAIN‐SIZE ANALYSIS STABLE ISOTOPES EPR SPECTROSCOPY |
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