The ancient quarries in Croatia: the technology of extracting stone
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Marija Buzov [1]
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[1] Institute of Archaeology
Institute of Archaeology
Croacia
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- 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 Rodá, 2012, ISBN 978-84-939033-8-1, págs. 628-635
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The knowledge of quarrying activity in ancient Histria (X. Regio Italiae), Dalmatia and Pannonia amounts to the larger economic and cultural centres of the provinces. From these we have learned of the highly developed construction and artistic technique used at that time. Irrespective of the time and expansive influence of the well-known quarry centres, there existed without a doubt a whole series of smaller quarries from which stone for local building needs in the small regional and provincial areas was quarried. In this contribution I will try to reconsider from various points of view the ancient quarries in Croatia. In a certain manner, these quarries brought Romanization and Urbanization to the areas, to the building sites as well as to the stonemason's workshop and to art in general
