Petrography and elemental geochemistry of the Roman quarries of Los Castillejos and Los Covachos (Almadén de la Plata, Seville, Spain): outcrops and semi-elaborated products

Esther Ontiveros Ortega ^[2] ; José Beltrán Fortes ^[1] ; Ruth Taylor ^[1] ; Oliva Rodríguez Gutiérrez ^[1] ; Pedro Manuel López Aldana
1. [1] Universidad de Sevilla
  
  Universidad de Sevilla
  
  Sevilla, España
2. [2] Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico (IAPH)
Localización: Interdisciplinary studies on ancient stone: proceedings of the IX Association for the Study of Marbles and Other Stones in Antiquity (ASMOSIA) Conference (Tarragona 2009) / coord. por Anna Gutiérrez García-Moreno, María Pilar Lapuente Mercadal, Isabel Rodà de Llanza, 2012, ISBN 978-84-939033-8-1, págs. 407-418
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- The study of the Roman marble quarries of the south of the Iberian Peninsula is a necessary step for the correct identification of the provenance of the marble archaeological materials used in the Hispanic-Roman towns. Determining whether they are local (from the Baetic province) or imported marbles, is a task which yields information on the scale of use and trade of the different quarry products. This line of research has been developed at the University of Seville by a first project that enabled the detailed study of the main Baetic quarries, including the district of Almadén de la Plata (Seville). This paper has been supported in the framework of a second ongoing project and presents the data obtained from the materials documented during the recent archaeological work carried out at the quarries of Almadén de la Plata. In particular, the aim is to provide a petrographic characterisation and a preliminary geochemical composition of samples taken from the Roman quarry faces and extraction products of two areas in the Almadén de la Plata district (Loma de Los Castillejos and Cerro de Los Covachos)