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Scientific techniques and methodologies for the provenance of white marbles
Authors
Y. Maniatis
Pages
179 - 202
DOI
10.3254/978-1-61499-010-9-179
Series
Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi"
Ebook
Volume 154: Physics Methods in Archaeometry
Abstract

Introduction

The nature of marble

Techniques used for provenance determination

Neutron activation analysis

Cathodoluminescence

Petrographic thin-section analysis

Stable isotope analysis

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy (EPR)

Ancient quarries and database

Provenance determination procedure

Sampling or not sampling?

Sampling procedure

The movement of marble in antiquity