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CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS OF MARBLES FROM SOME ANCIENT QUARRIES OF WESTERN ANATOLIA AND THEIR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Author(s) -
MANFRA L.,
MASI U.,
TURI B.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1975.tb00135.x
Subject(s) - archaeology , isotopes of oxygen , geology , archaeological science , white (mutation) , radiocarbon dating , mineralogy , geochemistry , chemistry , history , biochemistry , gene
13 C/ 12 C and 18 O/ 16 O ratios have been measured for 42 marbles from the main quarry localities of archaeological interest of Western Anatolia (Marmara, Ephesos, Aphrodisias, Denizli and Afyon) in order to test the possibility of isotopically characterizing ancient marbles from this region. The various groups of samples are not clearly distinguishable on a δ 13 C‐δ 18 O diagram. However, if only white or slightly coloured samples are considered, the isotopic method appears to be much more selective.