SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Monday, 8th Tuesday, 9th Wednesday, 10th Thursday, 11th Friday, 12th Poster Session I 17.
sday, 9th Wednesday, 10th
8.30 h Registration
9.30 h Opening and Welcoming addresses.
Prof. Francesc Grau, rector of the URV, Prof. Y.
Maniatis, president of ASMOSIA, Prof. Isabel
Rodà, president of the IX ASMOSIA Organizing
Committee and director of the ICAC.
10.30 h Coffee Break
Session: Applications to Specific Archaeolo-
gical Questions – Use of Marble
Chairman: Y. Maniatis
11.00 h Marble salvaging in Antiquity. S. J. Barker.
11.20 h Huge column costs: some examples.
P. Barresi
11.40 h The import of coloured stone and
white marble for the interior wall and floor
decoration of public and domestic buildings
at Sagalassos, Turkey. M. Corremans, P. De-
gryse and M. Waelkens
12.00 h Use of marble and other stones in
Sirmium. B. Djuric, A. Maver, J. Davidovic, I.
Riznar, H. W. Müller and D. Jovanovic
12.20 h The Roman cavae romanae quarry–
the properties and use of the stone for the am-
phitheatre in Pula (Croatia). V. Girardi Jurki
12.40 h On the explotation of marble from
Cap de Garde, Algeria. J. J. Jr. Herrmann, D.
Attanasio, R. H. Tykot and A. van den Hoek
13.00 h The Acropolis marble project: stable
isotope analysis of marbles from the Parthe-
non and Propylaea. S. Pike
13.20 h Recutting Roman portraits: problems
in interpretation and the new technology in fin-
ding possible solution. J. Pollini and W. Storage
13.40 h Pentelic marble in theatrical archi-
tecture: examples from the theatre of Marce-
llus. M. De Nuccio
IX ASMOSIA CONFERENCE
Pause
Chairman: Ph. Jockey
16.00 h Marble polychromies in the walls’
and floors’ decorations of Hadrian’s villa in
Tivoli: last discoveries and verifications. E.
tarragona. 8 - 13th june 2009
Lazzeri, G. E. Cinque
16.20 h The search for the prehistoric mar-
ble sources in the Cyclades. Y. Maniatis and D.
Tambakopoulos
16.40 h The import of prefabricated architectu-
ral marble items to Moesia inferior. Provenance
determination and technical aspects. N. Toma
17.00 h The architectonic marbles of Ro-
man theatre of Augusta Bagiennorum (Pied-
mont–Italy). M. Gomez and E. Rulli
17.20 h On the production and the diffusion of
column shafts in grey cipolin marble from the
caves of Cap de Garde in Algeria. P. Pensabene
18.00 h Inaugural Lecture: Stones are alive.
J. Wagensberg
19.15 h Official Welcome at the Main Hall of Ta-
rragona by the Major of the City
Thursday, 11th
Session: Provenance Identification I: marble
Chairman: E. Galán
9.00 h On the Ephesian origin of the Greco
Scritto marble. D. Attanasio, M. Bruno, A. B.
Yavuz, J. J. Jr. Herrmann, R. Tykot and A. van
den Hoek
9.20 h Provenance investigation of marble
sculptures from Butrint, Albania. V. Gagga-
dis-Robin, K. Polikreti and Y. Maniatis
9.40 h “Sanctuary of the Great Gods” – Samo-
thrace, an extended marble provenance stu-
dy. Y. Maniatis, D. Tambakopoulos, B. D. Wes-
coat and D. Matsas
10.00 h A provenance study of marbles from
the Roman town of Thamusida (Mauretania
Tingitana, Morocco). F. Origlia, J. Spangen-
berg, I. Turbanti Memmi and E. Papi
10.40 h Greek statuary of the Museo Ar-
chaeologico Nazionale of Venice: archaeolo-
gical and archeometric studies. L. Lazzarini,
M. Sediari, E. Soccal
11.00 h Coffee Break
Chairman: S. Pike
12.00 h Sculptural materials from Villa
Adriana: preliminary archaeometric results.
P. León, P. Lapuente, T. Nogales, M. Preite-Mar-
tinez and H. Royo
12.20 h Investigations on the white mar-
bles of architectural elements in Salento
(Southern Italy). L. Del Pietro
Session: Provenance Identification II: other stones
Chairman: M. A. García del Cura
12.40 h Antique natural stones used in histo-
rical buildings and monuments on the histo-
rical peninsula of Istanbul (Turkey). O. S. Angi
13.00 h Lithofacies study of the building
stones of Volubilis monuments (Morocco)
and their provenance. D. Dessandier and M.
Varti-Matarangas
13.20 h Medieval greenschist quarries near
Bergen, Western Norway. O. Jansen and T. Heldal
Pause
16.00 h Poster Session I
19.00 Books presentation, A. Gutiérrez, Ro-
man Quarries in the Northeast of Catalonia.
ICAC, Tarragona 2009; A. Àlvarez, V. García-
Entero, I. Rodà and A. Gutiérrez, El marmor
de Tarraco / Tarraco Marmor: Explotació,
utilització i comercialització de la pedra
de Santa Tecla en època romana / The qua-
rrying, use and trade of Santa Tecla stone
in Roman Times. ICAC, Tarragona, 2009; A.
Àlvarez, P. Lapuente, A. Pitarch and H. Royo.
Marbles and Stones of Hispania. Exhibition
catalogue. ICAC, Tarragona, 2009.
20.00 h Opening Exhibition: “Tarraco, pe-
dra a pedra”. Museu Nacional Arqueològic
de Tarragona (MNAT). Pl. del Rei, 5.
Friday, 12th Poster Session I
Chairman: P. Lapuente
9.00 h Identification of stone blocks used for
the building of Thysdrus and Thapsus amphi-
theatres. A. Younès, M. El Gaied and W. Gallala
9.20 h Non-destructive elemental finger-
printing of obsidian and other lithic mate-
rials using the portable X-ray fluorescence
spectrometer. R. H. Tykot
Session: Advances in Provenance Techni-
ques, Methodologies and Databases
Chairman: L. Lazzarini
9.40 h Tracing the origin of marbles by inclusion
fluid chemistry. W. Prochaska and D. Attanasio
10.00 h Missmarble: measurement and in-
formation system of samples of marble for
archaeometric, art historian and restoration
use. J. Zöldföldi, B. Székely and P. Hegedüs
10.20 h Contribution to the knowledge of
Portuguese marbles through multivaria-
te analysis of qualitative and quantitative
properties of the most common varieties. V.
Lamberto, P. Sá Caetano and J. Saraiva
10.40 h Distinguishing Slovenia’s Pohorje
marbles from other Mediterranean marble
quarries. S. Jarc, Y. Maniatis, E. Dotsika, D.
Tambakopoulos and N. Zupancic
11.00 h Coffee Break
Session: Transport and Trade of Stones
Chairman: P. Pensabene
11.40 h Transportation methods in the ancient
granite quarries at Aswan, upper Egypt. A. Kelany
12.00 h The elusive navis lapidaria and
marble as dangerous cargo. J. C. Fant
12.20 h Locatio-conductio and the marble
shipwrecks. J. C. Fant
12.40h Shipwrecks and the Roman economy:
the view from stone cargoes. B. Russell
13.00h “Historic Quarries” - first results of a
project within the EU Culture Programme. M.
Unterwurzacher, C. Uhlir, K. Schaller and V. Höck
13.20 h Presentation of the exposition:
Marbres, Hommes et Dieux. Vestiges anti-
ques des Pyrénées centrales (Musée Saint-
Raymond,Toulouse). R. Sablayrolles
Pause
16.00 h ASMOSIA general meeting
18.00 h Presentation and visit to El Mèdol quarry
17. R. Bugini, L. Folli and E. Roffia: Marble slab
Session: Quarries and Geology: Quarrying
Techniques, Organization, New Quarries,
Stone Carving and Dressing, Quarry Risks
and Preservation
Chairman: R. Sablayrolles
9.00 h New work on quarrying in the Terri-
tory of Eretria. B. Russell and S. Fachard
9.20 h Ancient marble and alabaster quarries
near Hierapolis in Phrygia (Turkey): new data
from archaeological surveys. G. Scardozzi
9.40 h Unknown marble quarries of wes-
tern Asia minor. M. Bruno, H. Elçi, A. B. Ya-
vuz and D. Attanasio
10.00 h The marble industry at Aphrodisias:
new quarries discovered on the Aphrodisias
regional survey. L. E. Long and C. Stearns
10.20 h The white marble of Kos, its quarry
and archaeometric characterisation. L. Laz-
zarini and C. G. Malacrino
10.40 h The quarries of Silsila- Main source
of ancient Egyptian sandstone architecture.
D. Klemm and R. Klemm
11.00 h Coffee Break
Chairman: S. Keay
11.40 h Interpreting the Unfinished Obe-
lisk quarry, Aswan, Egypt: a new approach to
quarrying techniques. T. Heldal
12.00 h Cavae romanae, some examples of
sculptural formation. K. Dzin
12.20 h Grey limestones quarries of Byllis
(Albania). T. Kozelj and M. Wurch-Kozelj
12.40 h The quarries at Luni in the I century
A.D: final considerations on some aspects of
production, diffusion and costs. P. Pensabene
13.00 h The Almadén de la Plata quarries: new
data from the latest interventions. J. Beltrán For-
tes, O. Rodríguez, P. López and E. Ontiveros
13.20 h The red travertine of Mula (Murcia,
Spain). Management and administration
of quarries in the Roman era. J. M. Noguera
Celdrán, B. Soler Huertas, J. A. Antolinos Marín
and R. Arana Castillo
13.40 h Roman quarries in the northeast
of Hispania (modern Catalonia, Spain). A.
Gutiérrez García-Moreno
Pause
16.00h Poster Session II
19.30 h Book presentation: T. Nogales, J.
Beltrán (eds.). MARMORA HISPANA: Explo-
tación y uso de los materiales pétreos en la
Hispania Romana. (Colección Hispania An-
tigua, Serie arqueológica 2) L’Erma di Brets-
chneider, Roma, 2009.
21.00 h ASMOSIA Dinner, with ceremony of
the best poster award.
Session: Pigments and Paintings on Marble,
Authenticity testing
Chairman: V. Gaggadis-Robin
9.00 h The marble technique, polychromy,
and sculptural style of the “Karg-Bebenburg
youth”. M. B. Abbe, G. E. Borromeo and S. Pike
9.20 h Pigment vs the texture and colour of
stone to what extent was stone part of the po-
lychrome appearance of Hellenistic sculptu-
re?. Cl. Blume
9.40 h Ancient polychrome and gilded sculp-
ture: new evidences, new interpretations,
new meanings. Ph. Jockey
Special Theme Session: Symbolism of Sto-
nes: local and Imported Materials.
10.00 h Use and symbolism of Pentelic mar-
ble in Domitian’s Rome. I. Bald Romano, S.
Pike, E. Gazda and R. Paris
10.20 h Solar symbolism and silicified
sandstone consumption in dynastic Egypt:
perspectives on the origins of its symbolic
value. E. Bloxam
10.40 h Phrygian for Phrygians: semiotics of
“exotic” local marble. B. Burrell and H. Parker
11.00 h Coffee Break
Chairman: T. Nogales
11.40 h The funerary poem of Origenes from
Egypt: material issues and symbolism. P. A. Butz
12.00 h Iconography of Hellenistic stonework.
F. A. Cooper
12.20 h Imported marble and local stone in
Roman and Byzantine Palestine: archaeolo-
gical and isotopic aspects of centre and peri-
phery. M. Fischer
12.40 h The colours of Death. Symbolism of
Roman cinerary urns in coloured stone. S. Perna
13.00 h General Discussion IX ASMOSIA. Mee-
ting candidatures new X ASMOSIA Conference
14.00 h Rovira i Virgili’s University Honor
Wine. Rectorate hall
Saturday, 13th
08.45 h Visit to the quarries of Broccatello or
“Jaspi de la Cinta”, the Cathedral and other
monuments of Tortosa. Official welcome by
the Major of the City
Sunday, 14th
10.00 h Guided visit to Tarragona (optional)
The numbers indicate a provisional order.
Some changes could be made. The final
order will be announced before the ope-
ning of the poster session
1. R. Albiach, E. García-Prósper and A. Galle-
go.: The marble repertoire of the Roman villa of
Cornelius (Valencia, Spain).
2. A. Àlvarez and J. Beltrán: Study of the ma-
terials from the “aula” and baptistery of the Bar-
celona Episcopal Group.
3. A. Àlvarez and A. Pitarch: The local ma-
terials used in the Roman break of Martorell
(Barcelona, Spain).
4. A. Àlvarez, A. Gutiérrez, A. Domènech, I.
Moreno and T. Carreras: Study and characteri-
zation of the tesserae from the Roman mosaic
of Las Tres Gràcies (Barcelona, Spain).
5. A. Àlvarez, A. Gutiérrez, A. Domènech, I.
Moreno and T. Carreras: Study and characteri-
zation of the tesserae from the Roman mosaic
of El Romeral (Albesa, La Noguera, Spain).
6. A. Àlvarez, J.M. Macias, J.J. Menchon, A.
Muñoz, A. Pitarch and I. Teixell: The marmor
use in the imperial cultual centre of Tarraco (His-
pania Citerior Province).
7. D. Attanasio, M. Brili, M. Bruno, L. Ungaro
and M. Vitti: Rome: white marbles in the fora of
Caesar, Augustus and Trajan.
8. D. Attanasio, M. Bruno and A.B. Yavuz:
The Aphrodisias marble quarries at Göktepe
(Mugla, Turkey).
9. W. Aylward, D. Carlson, D. Laroche, J.C.
Moretti and S. Pike: The temple of Apollo at
Claros and the shipwreck at Crimson Cape:
preliminary analysis of isotopic data.
10. B. Bajnóczi, B. Székely and J. Zöldföldi:
Extended data base of fractal analysis (Fa),
quantitative fabric analysis (Qfa) and catho-
doluminiscence (CL) properties of south-east
european and anatolian white marbles.
11. J. Beltrán, M.L. Loza and J. Espinosa: A
study of the use in Roman times and a petrogra-
phic characterisation of the limestone from the
western region of the “Surco Intrabético” in the
present-day province of Malaga (Spain).
12. J. Bermejo: Catalog and preliminary analy-
sis of marble and marble materials of the hispa-
no-Roman city of Arucci / Turobriga (Aroche,
Huelva. Spain).
13. Ph. Blanc, Ph. Bromblet, L. Long and L.
Leroux: Provenance study of the white marble of
a head of C.J. Caesar found in the Rhone river
at Arles (France).
14. D. Brodhag, J. Chamay, D. Decrouez,
A. Ebert, E. Gnos, H. Haas, P.A. Proz and K.
Ramseyer: The source area of marbles used in
Roman artefacts.
15. S. Brodhag, A. Ebert, E. Gnos, D. Decrouez
and K. Ramseyer : Influence of second phases
on microfabric of marbles from Naxos.
16. V. Brunet-Gaston and Chr. Gaston: The de-
corative stoneworks in the east of Roman Gaul:
recent data of the archaeological operations.
fragments from Desenzano Roman villas.
18. A. Calia,M.T. Gianotta, G. Quarta, M. Sileo
and A. Antonazzo: The submerged stone boc-
ks of Santa Sabina (Brindisi, Southern Italy): A
contribution to the study of the provenance and
trade in Antiquity.
19. F. Cavari, F. Droghini, M. Giamello, L. Laz-
zarini and C. Mascione: White marble artefacts
from Populonia and the marble of Campiglia
Marittima (Grosseto, Italy).
20. M. Cipriani, L. Lazzarini and S. Cancelliere:
The white marbles of Roman Paestum, an ar-
chaeometric study.
21. M. Claramonte, C. Santisteban, J. Benedito
and J.M. Melchor: Ornamental materials found
at Sagunto’s moorish quarter square.
22. D. Dessandier, F. Antonelli, L. Lazzarini,
M. Varti-Matarangas, L. Leroux, M. Hamia-
ne, C. Riache and C. Khalfallah: Atlas of
ornamental and building stones of Djemila
ancient site (Algeria).
23. E. Dobruna-Salihu: Sculpture of the foreign
marble in the central part of Dardania (present
day Kosova) during Antiquity.
24. J.A. Domingo, R. Arola and N. Gasull: The
marbles of Jaume I: a group coming from the
provincial forum of Tarraco.
25. B. Eglington and D. Attanasio: Sr, Pb and
Nd isotope characterisation of classical marbles
26. E.A. Friedland and R.H. Tykot: Quarry ori-
gins of the marble sculptures from the Roman
theatre in Philadelphia/Amman, Jordan.
27. K.Galor: Provenance study of a marble frag-
ment with Menorah.
28. V. García-Entero and S. Vidal: Marmora
from the Roman site of Carranque (Toledo).
29. M. Genera: Data for the study and iden-
tification of the origin of epigraphic supports:
Some specific examples from Roman times.
30. M.T. Gianotta, A. Calia and G. Quarta: The
Roman capitals re-used in the Saint-John se-
pulchre church in Brindisi (southern Italy): iden-
tification and provenance of marble.
31. M. Gomez: About the provenance of the
“Serpentina verde rana filamentosa”.
32. M. Gomez: The white marble from Valle
Varaita (Piedmont, Italy).
33. A. Gutiérrez and J. López Vilar: Roman
marbles at the Tarraco of the Antoninans: the
assemblage of Sant Pau and Santa Tecla Hos-
pital (Tarragona, Spain).
34. J. J. Herrmann Jr.: Christian sarcophagi of
reused marble in the Vatican.
35. M. Inglés, M.R. Manote, M. Ortí, J. Pey, E.
Playà, L. Rosell and J. Yeguas: Geochemical
methods in alabaster provenance: an applica-
tion example.
36. B. Kidd and D. Attanasio: Determining
white marble provenance of Greek and Roman
sculptures in the Museum of Art and Archaeo-
logy, University of Missouri.
37. P. Lapuente, J.A. Cuchí, H. Royo, M. Prei-
te-Martinez and C. Garcés: Roman sarcopha-
gus known today as the tomb of King Ramiro II
of Aragon. Archaeometry study
38. P. Lapuente, H. Royo, M. Preite-Marti-
nez and Ph. Blanc: Fragmentary white marble
pieces from the theatre of Caesaraugusta: ar-
chaeometric results.
39. L. Lazzarini and M. Mariottini: A first study
of the lumachellas used in Roman Antiquity.
40. L. Lazzarini, C. Beltrame and S. Medaglia:
First results of the study and archaeometric
analyses of the marble cargo of the Secca Di
Capo Bianco (Crotone, Italy).
41. E.-E. Leka: Unfinished Kouros in the Myti-
lene archaeological museum and the supply of
statuary marble in Lesbos in the Archaic period.
42. I. López: Stone from local quarries emplo-
yed in Republican-era sculptures in southern
Hispania: reliefs in Vrso and Estepa and explo-
itation of nearby quarries.
43. I. Mañas and O. Rodríguez: The opus
sectile of the old curia of Ilipa (Alcalá del Río,
Seville). Considerations on the use of stone in
public architecture from Roman Betica.
44. Y. Maniatis, D. Tambakopoulos and M.
Sturgeon: Provenance investigation of two mar-
ble sculptures from ancient Stymphalos.
45. L.M. Martínez-Torres, L. Eguíluz, M. Loza
and J. Niso: Almándoz marble (Navarra) in Ro-
man thermae of Arcaya (Álava, North Spain).
46. A. Maver, I. Riznar and H.W. Müller:
Roman capitals from Sirmium (Sremska Mi-
trovica, Serbia).
47. Z. Miletić and M. Glavic̆ić: Stone produc-
tions of the quarries on the Island Brac (Brattia
insula) in the Roman province Dalmatia.
48. A. Miras, M.A. Vázquez, E. Galán, C. Apos-
tolaki and T. Marcopoulos: Suitability criteria in
the selection of the Marble for restoration. The
case of the Alhambra Palace (Granada, Spain).
49. R. Neunteufel and J.Zöldföldi: Authentica-
tion of marble sculptures by provenance studies
new data base for south east Asian marbles.
50. E. Pecchioni, A. Bartelletti, E. Cantisani, A.
Amorfini, F. Fratini and E. Pandeli: First evidence
of the use of a serpentine in the floor of a “Villa
rustica” near Luni.
51. P. Pensabene and M. Preite: Characteri-
zation and provenance of re¬used architec-
tural marbles in the churches of S. Clemen-
te, S. Pietro in Vincoli, S. Stefano Rotondo,
S. Maria in Domnica.
52. P. Pensabene and I. Rodà: The stan-
dard production of shafts of granite from
Troas: examples from the Hispanic and Afri-
can provinces.
53. P. Pensabene, F. Antonelli, S. Cancelliere
and L. Lazzarini: Archaeometric analyses of
sculptures and architectural elements of white
marbles from Villa Adriana (Tivoli, Italy).
54. P. Pensabene, R. Mar and R. Cebrián: Funds
for public architecture and costs of the stone ma-
terials: the case of the forum at Segobriga.
55. P. Pensabene, I. Rébé and I. Rodà: The
marmora from the forum of Ruscino (Château
Roussillon, France).
56. V. Perdikatsis, Ch. Apostolaki and St.
Markoulaki: Mineralogical petrographical
study of tesserae from Roman mosaics from
Kissamos (Crete).
57. D. Pivko: Building stone sources for
Carnuntum Roman town and surrounding
settlements in upper Pannonia (Austria,
Hungary, Slovakia).
58. W. Prochaska and S.M. Grillo: The marble
quarries of the metropolis of Ephesos and some
examples of the use for marbles in Ephesian
architecture and sculpturing.
59. O. Reyes, C. Pérez, E. Illaurregui, A. Àl-
varez, A. Gutiérrez and I. Rodà: Marmoreal
representation of Las Pizarras: a Roman site
(Coca, Segovia).
60. P. Rodríguez Oliva: Stone in Roman Malaca.
61. M. Salán: The marmor of Espejón and its
use in Roman Hispania.
62. D. Segal: The usage of marble and other
imported stones on sites of Hippos-Sussita and
the Bath at Hamat Gader (Gadara Terms).
63. B. Soler, J.M. Noguera, R. Arana and J.A.
Antolinos: Evidence of the use of the marmor
Saetabitanum in the Villa dei Quintili in Rome
64. A. St’astná, R. Prikryl and A. Cerníková:
Petrographic image analysis used in combina-
tion with C and O isotopic and cathodoluminis-
cence data for fingerprinting Czech marbles.
65. T. Stoyanov D. and Stoyanova: Stonecu-
tting workshops at the Getic Capital Helis (NE
Bulgaria) – Tools and techniques.
66. D. Taelman, F. Vermeulen, S. Deprez, M.
De Dapper, P. De Paepe, P. Vandenabeele:
Stone economy of Roman Ammaia (Portugal).
67. F. Van Keuren, D. Attanasio, J. Herrmann.
Jr., N. Herz, P. Gromet and D. Abramitis:
Isotopic, EPR and petrographic analyses of 20
Roman sarcophagi at the Museo Nazionale Ro-
mano, Rome.
68. J. Zöldföldi: Database of white marble from
the Indian subcontinente: a review.
69. J. Zöldföldi and M. Fischer: Provenance analy-
sis of the marble from Elusa in Byzantine Palestine.
70. J. Zöldföldi and R. Neunteufel: Provenance
of the Bodhisattva marble head from Peshawar.
71. J. Zöldföldi and B. Székely: Carbon, oxygen
and strontium isotopic systematics of white mar-
bles used in the Antiquity.
72. J. Zöldföldi, K.T. Biró, A. Ruggeri, H. Taub-
ald and O. Sosztarics: Investigation of Roman
marbles from Savaria.
73. J. Zöldföldi, T. Schäfer and B.Székely: Pro-
venance analysis of the three splendid marble
heads of Pantelleria (Italy).

Poster Session II
1. X. Aguelo, A. Àlvarez and X. Nieto: Quarries
used for building the Roman habour of Empúries.
2. K. G. Akoglu, E.N. Caner-Saltik and T. To-
pal.: Investigation on sandstone deterioration for
developing consolidation methods.
3. A. Àlvarez, I. Rodà, M. Riera, A. Gutiérrez
and A. Domènech: Provenance of some Roman
marbles from El Pla de Ses Figueres (Cabrera,
Balearic Islands, Spain).
4. T. J. Anderson and J.M. Fernández-Soler: A
preliminary sketch of a lava rotary quern quarry
in Cabo de Gata, Almería, Spain.
5. J. A. Antolinos, R. Arana, J.M. Noguera
and B. Soler: The sandstone quarries of Car-
thago Noua: petrological characteristics and
mining techniques.
6. R. Arana, J.A. Antolinos, B. Soler, J.M.
Noguera: Quarrying, use and scope of Cabezo
Gordo and Rambla de Trujillo marbles (Murcia,
Spain) in the Roman era.
7. I. Arce: Late Antique and Ummayad Quarries
from the Neat East.
8. J. Beltrán, O. Rodríguez, P. López and E.
Ontiveros: Analysis of products from quarries
Los Castillejos and Covachos (Almaden de la
Plata, Sevilla). A comparative study.
9. A. Blanc and Ph. Blanc: Ancient uses of the
Breche des Romains in Gaul.
10. M. Bruno: Quarry blocks in marmor Iassen-
se from the Balik Pazari at Iasos (Turkey).
11. M. Bruno and M. Vitti: New cipollino
marble quarries south of Karystos at Cape
Mandhili (Evia).
12. R. Bugini and L. Folli: Ancient coloured
marbles and their surrogates in the Milan Ca-
thedral (late sixtheenth Century).
13. M. Buzov: The ancient quarries in Croatia
(the technology of extracting stone).
14. E. Caner-Özler and E.N. Caner-Saltik: Decay
of historic limestone and its conservation treat-
ments with nanodispersive Ca (OH)2 solutions.
15. E. N. Caner-Saltik, T. Topal, V. Toprak,
A. Türkmenoglu, A. Tavukcuoglu, K.G. Ako-
glu, E. Caner-Özlez and T. Yasar: Develo-
pment of management strategies for four
ancient quarries in Turkey.
16. M. Chichikova and D. Stoyanova: On the
instruments of the stonecutters, the architects
and the painters of the royal tomb with Caryatids
at the Cetic capital Helis.
17. N. Cueto, D. Benavente, J. Martínez-Mar-
tínez and M.A. García del Cura: Influence of
mesofabric on water transport properties of
continental limestones.
18. M. De Nuccio: The use of travertine cove-
red with stucco in the Temple of Apollo Sosiano
in the Circus Flaminius in Rome
19. M. Delli Santi: Ancient marbles in Floren-
ce in XVI century: the Gaddi and Niccolini
nobel chapels.
20. M. Devolder: Access to Ashlar as a symbolic
resource in Neopalatial Crete (1700- 1450 a.C.n.).
21. M. A. Domagoj Perkic: Quarries, produc-
tions sites of Roman sarcophagi and stone urns
in the southern border part of the province of
Pannonia superior.
22. I. Donelli: Ancient stone quarries on
the Eastern Adriatic coast emphasising Brac
stone quarries.
23. M. El Gaied, A. Younès and W. Gallala: The
stone of Sidi Ghedamsy island quarries (Monastir,
Tunisia): from extraction to its use in building.
24. A. Fernández-Díaz and V. García-Entero:
The imitation of Marmora in Roman wall pain-
tings in Hispania.
25. D. Fiorino, C. Garbarino, C. Giannattasio
and S.M.Grillo: On site and laboratory investiga-
tion on the 16th-17th century Masonries: the
western Sardinian coast defensive towers.
26. M. A. García del Cura, D. Benavente, J.
Martínez-Martínez and N. Cueto : Petrographic
features and physical properties of certain tra-
vertine building stones.
27. M. García-Vallés, M. Aulinas, J.B. López
and A. Moya: Petrographic study of the tubular
cist with carved steles of Reguers de Seró (Ar-
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28. M. Genera and A. Àlvarez: Ebro final lithic
materials exploitation: extraction works, appli-
cations and chronology.
29. A. Guinea, E. Playà, Ll. Rivero and M. Himi:
Prospecting alabaster quarries with electric imaging.
30. M. I. Gutiérrez: The use of local stone in
Colonia Patricia Corduba.
31. A. Gutiérrez and J. Andreu: The Roman
quarries of the town and territory of Los Bañales
(Uncastillo, Zaragoza, Spain).
32. A. Gutiérrez, J.A. Remolà and F. Tarrats:
Marbles from the Roman Villa of Els Munts (Al-
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33. T. Heldal: Quarry Scapes done: results
and perspectives for the future.
34. N. Ioannidou: Symbolism and historic
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church (12 oc) of Taxiarch Michel of Mesaria in
the island of Andros (Greece).
35. K. Kouzeli and Z.K. Antoniou: “Poroi” in
ancient constructions in Athens: nature, pro-
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36. T. Kozelj and M. Wurch-Kozelj: The use
of the saw during Roman and proto byzantine
period in Thassos.
37. P. Lapuente, H. Royo, Ph. Blanc and M. Prei-
te-Martinez: Fine grained marble quarries in the
French Pyrenees: overview of petrography, catho-
doluminescence and C and O isotope analysis.
38. P. Lapuente, H. Royo, J. Mandado, P. Gal-
ve and F. De A. Escudero: Local gypsum and
alabaster used in Caesaraugusta (Hispania).
39. L. Lazzarini, D. Visona, M. Giamello and
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calcareous alabasters used in Antiquity.
40. A. Luque, G. Cultrone, E. Ruiz-Agudo, E.
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expansion in marble deterioration.
41. A. Magagnini: “Pesi di basalto dal territo-
rio romano” or something else? Three stone
artefacts from the Castellani Collection in the
Capitoline Museums, Rome.
42. G. Meléndez, F. Colucci and J. Rama-
jo: Geoheritage evaluation of ancient quarry
landscapes: the case of historical quarries in
Aragon (Spain).
43. C. Miró and E. Revilla: The Roman quarry
of Montjuïc (Barcelona).
44. N. Molist and P. Otiña: The republican
Roman and medieval quarry of Sant Miquel
d’Olèrdola (Olèrdola, Barcelona)
45. M. I. Mota, M.A. Buergo, A. de Pizzo and
R. Fort: Provenance of construction stone from
Roman monuments in Merida, Spain.
46. M. Mrozek-Wysocka and P. Zambrzycki:
The characterization and state of conservation
of building materials used in Greco-Roman ti-
mes in northern Egypt: the case of Marina el
Alamein archaeological site.
47. M. Ortí and M. Inglès: The recovery of Ro-
man quarries as a symbol of artistic and techno-
logical modernity. The case of Catalonia in the
modern age (XVI-XVIII Centuries).
48. A. Palmentieri: The imago clipeata of “Lu-
cio Sitrio Modesto”. As an example of imitatio
urbis in Campania (Italy).
49. I. Peña and P. Otiña: The Roman quarry of
Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
50. M. E. Peroschi and Fl. Cambieri: Small
quarries of the desert.
51. J. L. Prada, M. Badia, A. Àlvarez, O.
Oms, R. Estrada and M.E. Arribas: Decay and
conservation strategies of rocks containing di-
nosaur footprints: the case of several sites in
the NE Spain.
52. I. Prieto: Mason’s marks on the orien-
talizing building from Pozo Moro (Albacete,
Spain) and their relation with the southern
palaoehispanic writings.
53. I. Rébé: The soapstone pots “pietra ollare”
in Roussillon: statement of discoveries
54. R. Ribaldi and D. Gorostidi: Local stone in
the monumental center of Tusculum (Latium,
Italy): constructive use and epigraphical evi-
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55. I. Riznar, B. Djurić, A. Maver, G. Rutar, J.
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dagani quarry: main regional limestone source
for Roman Sirmium.
56. A. Rodríguez Colmenero and M.C. Ca-
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57. P. Sá Caetano, V. Lamberto and P.
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the city of Lisbon.
58. B. Soler and R. Arana: The painted marbles
of Cartagena’s Roman theatre (Murcia, Spain)
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59. P. Spathis: Deterioration problems and
preliminary observations on the conservation of
the building materials of excavations of Navarino
and Diikitrio, Thessaloniki.
60. P. Storemyr: A grinding stone quarry in the
Egyptian Sahara.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
61. A. Travé and J.D. Martín-Martín: Polishing
problems in a ornamental limestone.
62. R. H. Tykot, J. Herrmann Jr. and A. Van
Den Hoek: Survey and analysis of marble qua-
rry sources in Algeria.
63. M. Unterwurzacher, C. Uhlir, K. Schaller
and A. Zarka: Saxa Luquuntur: a comprensive
interdisciplinary information system for antique
quarries and monuments.
64. M. C. Üstünkaya, E.N. Caner-Saltik and
A.G. Gözen: Detection of biological activity in
calcareous stone by FDA analyses.
65. A. Van Den Hoek and J. Herrmann Jr.:
Alabastro a Pecorella, aïn Tekbalet and Bou
Hanifia, Algeria.
Dipòsit legal: T-274-2009
66. C. Weiss, R. Sobott and I. Gerlach: Ul-
With the scientific support of the International Association of Greek and
trasonic and petrophysical investigations of
monolithic limestone pillars at the Almaqah
temple in Sirwah/Yemen
67. D. Wielgosz: Provenance of marble statuary
Tarragona, University Rovira i Virgili Chancellorship Building
from Laodicea on the Sea (Latakia in Syria).
Fax (+34) 977 22 44 01
Tel. (+34) 977 24 91 33
68. A. B. Yavuz, M. Bruno and D. Attanasio:
A new source of Bigio Antico marbles: the an-
asmosia9@icac.net
Tarragona (Spain)
cient quarries of Iznik (Turkey).
Pl. Rovellat, s/n.
69. G. Zachos and E. Leka: The ancient quarry
of Pagani in Lesbos Islands.
(Rectorat) C/ Escorxador, s/n
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Venue::
The marbles are too well known to make it necessary for me to
enumerate their several colours and varieties; and, indeed, so
numerous are they, that it would be no easy task to do so. For
mVltitVdine. qVoto
what place is there, in fact, that has not a marble of its own?
enVmerare in tanta
MarmorVm genera
non sVVm marmor
cViqVe enim loco
in tanta notitia
et colores non
attinet dicere
Pliny the Elder (Naturalis Historia, 36, 11)
nec facile est
invenitVr?
Rojo Torcal Variety