Mineralogical Insights to Identify Göktepe Marble in the Sculptural Program of Quinta Das Longas Villa (Lusitania)

This archaeometric study is focused on the marble used in a group of fragmented sculptures found at the Roman villa of Quinta das Longas (Elvas, Portugal). Dating from the 4th century AD, the pieces are of remarkable quality and correspond to ideal and mythological figures from several iconographic...

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Autores principales:	M. Pilar Lapuente Mercadal, Trinidad Nogales-Basarrate, Antonio Carvalho
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	archaeometry marble Göktepe Aphrodisian workshops Roman Lusitania cultural heritage Mineralogy QE351-399.2
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c7d40d583b6c4f8082b0849aedd265c32021-11-25T18:26:10ZMineralogical Insights to Identify Göktepe Marble in the Sculptural Program of Quinta Das Longas Villa (Lusitania)10.3390/min111111942075-163Xhttps://doaj.org/article/c7d40d583b6c4f8082b0849aedd265c32021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/11/1194https://doaj.org/toc/2075-163XThis archaeometric study is focused on the marble used in a group of fragmented sculptures found at the Roman villa of Quinta das Longas (Elvas, Portugal). Dating from the 4th century AD, the pieces are of remarkable quality and correspond to ideal and mythological figures from several iconographic cycles. The numerous fragments, all of very fine-grained white marble, are associated with the ornamentation of an impressive nymphaeum of the villa. Their high level of sculpture technique and style, the models followed and their similar typology to other well-known parallels raise the hypothesis of being linked with Aphrodisian workshops. Using a well-established multi-method approach, with Optical microscopy, X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD), qualitative and quantitative cathodoluminescence (CL) by CL-Optical and CL-SEM, and stable C and O isotopic and trace element analytical techniques (IRMS and ICP-AES), together with complementary parameters obtained from electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and <sup>87</sup>Sr/<sup>86</sup>Sr isotopes, the marble provenance can be identified with certainty. The results all point to the best quality of white Göktepe marble, confirming the stylistic connection to the ancient Carian sculptors.M. Pilar Lapuente MercadalTrinidad Nogales-BasarrateAntonio CarvalhoMDPI AGarticlearchaeometrymarbleGöktepeAphrodisian workshopsRoman Lusitaniacultural heritageMineralogyQE351-399.2ENMinerals, Vol 11, Iss 1194, p 1194 (2021)
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topic	archaeometry marble Göktepe Aphrodisian workshops Roman Lusitania cultural heritage Mineralogy QE351-399.2
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description	This archaeometric study is focused on the marble used in a group of fragmented sculptures found at the Roman villa of Quinta das Longas (Elvas, Portugal). Dating from the 4th century AD, the pieces are of remarkable quality and correspond to ideal and mythological figures from several iconographic cycles. The numerous fragments, all of very fine-grained white marble, are associated with the ornamentation of an impressive nymphaeum of the villa. Their high level of sculpture technique and style, the models followed and their similar typology to other well-known parallels raise the hypothesis of being linked with Aphrodisian workshops. Using a well-established multi-method approach, with Optical microscopy, X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD), qualitative and quantitative cathodoluminescence (CL) by CL-Optical and CL-SEM, and stable C and O isotopic and trace element analytical techniques (IRMS and ICP-AES), together with complementary parameters obtained from electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and <sup>87</sup>Sr/<sup>86</sup>Sr isotopes, the marble provenance can be identified with certainty. The results all point to the best quality of white Göktepe marble, confirming the stylistic connection to the ancient Carian sculptors.
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author	M. Pilar Lapuente Mercadal Trinidad Nogales-Basarrate Antonio Carvalho
author_facet	M. Pilar Lapuente Mercadal Trinidad Nogales-Basarrate Antonio Carvalho
author_sort	M. Pilar Lapuente Mercadal
title	Mineralogical Insights to Identify Göktepe Marble in the Sculptural Program of Quinta Das Longas Villa (Lusitania)
title_short	Mineralogical Insights to Identify Göktepe Marble in the Sculptural Program of Quinta Das Longas Villa (Lusitania)
title_full	Mineralogical Insights to Identify Göktepe Marble in the Sculptural Program of Quinta Das Longas Villa (Lusitania)
title_fullStr	Mineralogical Insights to Identify Göktepe Marble in the Sculptural Program of Quinta Das Longas Villa (Lusitania)
title_full_unstemmed	Mineralogical Insights to Identify Göktepe Marble in the Sculptural Program of Quinta Das Longas Villa (Lusitania)
title_sort	mineralogical insights to identify göktepe marble in the sculptural program of quinta das longas villa (lusitania)
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/c7d40d583b6c4f8082b0849aedd265c3
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Mineralogical Insights to Identify Göktepe Marble in the Sculptural Program of Quinta Das Longas Villa (Lusitania)

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