A multi-analytical approach for determining the origin of the marbles in Temple-A from Laodicea ad Lycum (Denizli-Western Anatolia, Turkey)

作者：Koralay Tamer^*; Kilincarslan Sanem

来源：Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2016, 17: 42-52.

DOI：10.1016/j.culher.2015.05.005

• Laodicea ad Lycum
• Temple-A
• Marble chemistry
• C-O stable isotopes
• Marble provenance

Laodicea ad Lycum is the major and most important Hellenistic city in the Lycos Valley. The ancient city is located at 6 km northeast of Denizli and the most contemporary and significant archaeological site in southwestern Turkey. A large marble temple complex, which is simply named Temple-A, is a remarkable structure. The marbles of Temple-A can be classified into four groups, based on color, crystal size, crystal boundaries and foliation status. These groups are identified as (i) lilac-purple-veined, (ii) white, (iii) gray-veined and (iv) gray-blackish marbles. Microscopically, the lilac-purple veined, gray-veined and gray-blackish marbles display heteroblastic mosaic texture, and the white marbles display a homoeoblastic polygonal texture. The marble groups chiefly consist of calcite + dolomite + augite (lilac-purple veined), calcite (white), calcite + dolomite + quartz + muscovite + opaque minerals (gray veined) and calcite + quartz + pyroxene + zircon (gray-blackish). The minero-petrographic, geochemical and C-0 stable isotope results reveal that most of the marbles sampled Temple-A at Laodicea share the same characteristics and composition of the marbles exploited in the ancient quarries of Hierapolis and Domuzderesi.

• 出版日期2016-2