Publicación: The "Marmora Galicia" Project: First Notes to Identify and Study the Exploitation, Use and Circulation of Marbles in the NW of the Iberian Peninsula in Roman and Late Roman Times
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2020
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Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (España). Facultad de Geografía e Historia. Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología
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En 2012 iniciamos el proyecto ‘Marmora Galicia’ para estudiar los mármoles de época romana y tardorromana presentes en el Noroeste peninsular. Esta línea de investigación se enmarca en diversos proyectos nacionales e internacionales que pretenden caracterizar los materiales marmóreos empleados en diversos territorios peninsulares, prestando especial atención a la explotación de los recursos naturales de cada región, para aportar luz sobre su empleo en la Antigüedad. Desde entonces, hemos identificado más de 168 piezas arqueológicas marmóreas sólo en el territorio gallego, de las que hemos muestreado 44 para concretar arqueométricamente su procedencia. Al mismo tiempo, hemos estudiado un importante número de canteras locales y hemos documentado las características de los diversos tipos marmóreos presentes en esta región, que han sido incorporadas al corpus de referencia de materiales hispanos; corpus indispensable para realizar los citados estudios de procedencia. Los resultados obtenidos hasta la fecha muestran que, a pesar del uso predominante del granito, en Galicia se utilizaron también mármoles importados y locales con finalidades muy concretas, asociadas a fenómenos de prestigio, que nos hablan de posibles talleres locales y de una distribución de materiales a muy larga escala temporal y espacial.
In 2012, we started the ‘Marmora Galicia’ project in order to study the Roman and Late Roman marbles found in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. This research is set within the framework of several national and international projects aiming to characterize the characterization of the marbles used in different territories of Spain, with special attention to the exploitation of natural resources existing in each region, and shed light to its use in Antiquity. Since then, we have identified more than 168 archaeological objects in marble, 44 of which have been sampled to be subsequently analysed and thus archaeometrically spot their provenance. At the same time, we have studied an important number of local quarries and we have recorded the characteristics of the several marble varieties of this regions, which have been incorporated to the reference corpus for Spanish marbles; corpus that is essential for the provenance studies. The results so far obtained show that, despite the predominant use of granite, marbles from both local and foreign origin were used in Galice with very specific purposes and linked with the showing of prestige. They reflect the existence of local workshops and of the long-distance distribution and long-term use of such materials.
In 2012, we started the ‘Marmora Galicia’ project in order to study the Roman and Late Roman marbles found in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. This research is set within the framework of several national and international projects aiming to characterize the characterization of the marbles used in different territories of Spain, with special attention to the exploitation of natural resources existing in each region, and shed light to its use in Antiquity. Since then, we have identified more than 168 archaeological objects in marble, 44 of which have been sampled to be subsequently analysed and thus archaeometrically spot their provenance. At the same time, we have studied an important number of local quarries and we have recorded the characteristics of the several marble varieties of this regions, which have been incorporated to the reference corpus for Spanish marbles; corpus that is essential for the provenance studies. The results so far obtained show that, despite the predominant use of granite, marbles from both local and foreign origin were used in Galice with very specific purposes and linked with the showing of prestige. They reflect the existence of local workshops and of the long-distance distribution and long-term use of such materials.
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Gallaecia, mármol, canteras, estudio interdisciplinar, arqueometría, Hispania, marble, quarries, interdisciplinary study, archaeometry
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Facultad de Geografía e Historia
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Prehistoria y Arqueología