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E016: Çardak Mahlesi Quarry

dc.contributor.authorAphrodisias Regional Surveyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-24T18:56:09Z
dc.date.available2012-08-24T18:56:09Z
dc.date.issued2007-05-24en_US
dc.identifier.citationChristopher Ratté and Peter D. De Staebler (eds.). Aphrodisias V. The Aphrodisias Regional Survey (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Darmstadt/Mainz, 2012). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92947>en_US
dc.identifier.otherE016en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92947
dc.descriptionLocal Name: Çardak Mahlesi, Nargedik Köyüen_US
dc.descriptionLocal Informant: Ali Okmak 0586974191en_US
dc.descriptionLocal Information: Modern marble quarry abandoned approx. 5 years ago.en_US
dc.descriptionDescription: White, coarse grain marble quarry; extracted from hillside in upper and lower areas until stone became fractured, then abandoned. Iron weathering. Lower (and larger) area approx. 40 x 25 x 20 m. ** Quality (amount of fractures): High in exposed bedrock due to a discrete fault zone, higher quality can be seen in spoil from modern blocks. ** Direction of joints: Everywhere, range from 1.6 to .05 m. Direction of Openings: NW ** Colors: White ** Marble grain: Coarse ** Largest measured block extraction: 1.40 x 2.20 x 1 m. (modern) ** Types of evidence for extraction: Found no ancient markings, but stone is highly weathered ** Spoil Heaps: Spoil thrown over hillside to N. ** Extant prefabricated blocks: None ** Location of Transportation: Large platform with slipways leading out of area and curving around to top of hill, meets with another road. ** Associated facilities: None ** Locations of isotopic samplings: From float, modernen_US
dc.subjectQuarriesen_US
dc.subject4: Romanen_US
dc.subject8: Modernen_US
dc.titleE016: Çardak Mahlesi Quarryen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelArchaeologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.owningcollnameAphrodisias Regional Survey


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