Aegean Marble

The term ‘Island Marble’ was coined by G. R. Lepsius in 1890. In a first flush of enthusiasm for the recently developed technique of cutting thin sections of rocks for microscopic examination, he claimed to distinguish various Attic and other marbles of mainland Greece, Parian and Naxian marble, and a residual category, ‘Inselmarmor’. Obviously the ability to determine the place of origin of the raw material, by examination of a specimen of marble, would be of very great value to the archaeologist. With a long series of Classical sculptures from Greece, Lepsius claimed to do this, and became the first of a line of scholars describing marble as ‘Pentelic’, ‘Hymettan’, ‘Parian’, ‘Naxian’, or ‘Island’, usually on the sole basis of visual examination. Prehistorians also have sought to identify as Cycladic figurines and other objects of marble found in contexts outside the Cyclades, purely on the grounds of the material used. The geological basis for such an identification seems today highly doubtful, and since the question is of considerable relevance to Cycladic prehistory, as well as of more general interest in later periods, we decided to make a systematic, if limited, study of the problem

Archaeology · CYCLADES · Mainland · Prehistory · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Paleontology

• An updated petrographic and isotopic reference database for white marbles used in antiquity

  Open Access•Fabrizio Antonelli, Lorenzo Lazzarini•Rendiconti Lincei•2015

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• A New Minoan-Type Peak Sanctuary on Stelida, Naxos

  Tristan Carter, Kristine Mallinson et al.•JOURNAL OF GREEK ARCHAEOLOGY•2021

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• Zur Stellung Historischer Forschungsmethoden und Nicht-Reaktiver Methoden im System der Empirischen Sozialforschung

  Gunter Albrecht•Soziologie und Sozialgeschichte•1972

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• D physically based rendering applied to the problem of translucent marble tiles as means of illuminating classical Greek temples

  Open Access•Juan De Lara•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2023

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• Tradução de Ceserani, G. Processos e modelos

  Open Access•Giovanna Ceserani•Cadernos do LEPAARQ (UFPEL•2020

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• The Early Bronze Age stone figurines from Akrotiri on Thera and their significance for the Early Cycladic settlement

  Open Access•Panayiota Sotirakopoulou•The Annual of the British School…•1998

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• The Rods of Digenis

  Open Access•M K Durkin, Carol J Lister•The Annual of the British School…•1983

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• Cycladic Figurines and their Derivatives in Crete

  Open Access•Keith Branigan•The Annual of the British School…•1971

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• A Presumed Greek Stone Anchor Stock Recovered off Venice, Italy

  Open Access•Carlo Beltrame, Lorenzo Lazzarini•The International Journal of…•2005

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• Cambio cultural y contacto en la Prehistoria de la Europa mediterránea

  Open Access•Antonio Gilman Guillén•Trabajos de Prehistoria•1993

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• The Greek Metrological Relief in Oxford

  Open Access•Eric Fernie•The Antiquaries Journal•1981

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• A Political ‘Humbug’

  Open Access•Jerzy Jan Kierkuć-Bieliński•The Antiquaries Journal•2023

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• A Preliminary Evaluation of Chemical Data (Trace Element) From Classical Marble Quarries in the Mediterranean

  Open Access•L CONFORTO, M FELICI et al.•Archaeometry•1975

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• Provenance Determination of Neolithic to Classical Mediterranean Marbles by Stable Isotopes

  Open Access•N Herz, Ν Herz•Archaeometry•1992

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• Esr Analysis of Marble Samples From Mediterranean Quarries of Archaeological Interest

  Open Access•D CORDISCHI, D MONNA et al.•Archaeometry•1983

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• Carbon and Oxygen Isotopic Ratios

  Open Access•N Herz, Ν Herz•Archaeometry•1987

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• A Contribution to the Identification of Italian, Greek and Anatolian Marbles Through a Petrological Study and the Evaluation of Ca/Sr Ratio

  Open Access•Lorenzo Lazzarini, G MOSCHINI et al.•Archaeometry•1980

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• Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Ratios of Marbles From Some Ancient Quarries of Western Anatolia and Their Archaeological Significance

  Open Access•Luigia Manfra, Umberto Masi et al.•Archaeometry•1975

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• Characterization of stone artifacts from the Middle and Late Neolithic to the Chalcolithic deposits of Drakaina Cave, Kephalonia, Ionian Islands

  Open Access•Vasilios Melfos, Georgia Stratouli et al.•Archaeological and Anthropological…•2020

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• Marble origins by isotopic analysis

  Susan Walker•World Archaeology•1984

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• Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries

  T G H James, A Lucas et al.•The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology•1963

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• Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries

  R W Sloley, Adam Lucas•The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology•1948

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• The Koan Fragment of the Monetary Decree

  W Kendrick Pritchett, Athanase N Georgiadès•Bulletin de correspondance…•1965

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• Excavations in Keos, 1960-1961

  John L Caskey•Hesperia The Journal of the…•1962

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• The Identification of the Marbles used in Greek Sculpture

  Henry Washington, Henry S Washington•American Journal of Archaeology•1898

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• Technique of Greek Sculpture

  Stanley Casson•American Journal of Archaeology•1934

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• Two Prehistoric Sites on Mykonos

  John S Belmont, Colin Renfrew•American Journal of Archaeology•1964

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• Marble in Attic Epigraphy

  Open Access•Norman Herz, W Kendrick Pritchett•American Journal of Archaeology•1953

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