ASMOSIA X

Thematic sections include: Application to Specific Archaeological Questions Use of Marble; Provenance Identification I: Marble; Provenance Identification II: Other Stones; Advances in Provenance Techniques: Methodologies and Databases; Quarries and Geology; Stones Properties, Weathering Effects and Restoration; Pigments and Paintings on Marble; Special Theme Session: Orders, Repertoires and Meaning of Marble within the Public and the Domestic Circle from Antiquity till Post-antique Time.

Presentation 1. APPLICATION TO SPECIFIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS - USE OF MARBLE Architecture with concave and convex rhythms and its decoration in Hadrian age: the Maritime Theatre and the Southern pavilion of Piazza d'Oro in Hadrian's Villa, B. Adembri, S. Di Tondo, F. Fantini Imported marbles found in three Roman cities of the territory of "Cinco Villas" (Zaragoza), north of Hispania Citerior, J. Andreu Pintado, H. Royo Plumed, P. Lapuente, M. Brilli Pentelic marble in the Severan Complex in Leptis Magna (Tripolitania, Libya), F. Bianchi, M. Bruno, S. Pike The limestone quarries of Wadi Gadatza in the territory of Leptis Magna, M. Bruno, F. Bianchi Provenance and distribution of white marbles in the arches of Titus and Septimius Severus in Rome, M. Bruno, C. Gorgoni, P. Pallante The imitation of coloured marbles in a first style wall painting from the Etruscan-Roman town of Populonia (LI Italy), F. Cavari, F. Droghini, M. Giamello, C. Mascione, A. Scala Small Euboean quarries. The local community markets, M. Chidiroglou Lumachella at Cosa: late Republican?, J. Collins-Clinton Ancientmarbles.org: an open community for sharing knowledge about ancient marble from different approaches, S. Costa, F. Marri The use of marble in Lusitania between Rome and Islam, M. Cruz Villalon "Marmora Ostiensa". New results from the Ostia Marina Project, M. David, S. Succi, M. Turci A column shaft in 'verde rana ondato' from the archaeological excavations in Palazzo Altemps, M. De Angelis dOssat, S. Violante, M. Gomez Serito The exploitation of coralline breccia of the Gargano in the Roman and late antique periods, A. De Stefano Ships lapidariae and the wreck, with marmor numidicum, discovered in Camarina: hypothesis of route, G. Di Stefano The use of marble in the roman architecture of Lugdunum (Lyon, France), D. Fellague, H. Savay-Guerraz, F. Masino, G. Sobra Marmora and other stones in the architectural decoration of early imperial Barcino (Barcelona, Spain), A. Garrido, A. Alvarez, A. Domenech, A. Gutierrez Garcia-M., I. Roda, H. Royo Provenance of the Roman marble sarcophagi of the San Pietro in Bevagna Wreck, M. T. Giannotta, G. Quarta, A. Alessio, A. Pennetta Thasian Exports Of Prefabricated Statuettes, J. J. Herrmann, Jr., D. Attanasio, A. van den Hoek Multimethod marble identification for figural sculpture in Hippo Regius (Annaba, Algeria), J. J. Herrmann, Jr., R. H. Tykot, A. van den Hoek, P. Blanc Awaiting identity: Copenhagen's "diskophoros" and its auxiliary support, M. B. Hollinshead Provenance, distribution and trade of the local building materials in the Sarno river plain (Campania) from the 6th century BC to AD 79, P. Kastenmeier, G. Balassone, M. Boni, G. di Maio, M. Joachimski White and coloured marble on Pantelleria, T. Lappi Local stones and marbles found in the territory of "Alto Aragon" (Hispania), in Roman times, P. Lapuente, H. Royo, J.A. Cuchi, J. Justes, M. Preite-Martinez The Marmor Lesbium reconsidered and other stones of Lesbos, E. Leka, G. Zachos The marbles from the Villa of Trajan at Arcinazzo Romano (Roma), Z. Mari The introduction of marble in the cavea of the Theatre of Hierapolis: building process and patronage, F. Masino Shipwrecks with sarcophagi in the Eastern Adriatic, I. Mihajlovic, I. Miholjek The marble decoration of the peristyle building in the SW quarter of Palmyra (Pal.M.A.I.S. Mission), S. Nava Stone materials in Lusitania reflecting the process of romanization, T. Nogales-Basarrate, P. Lapuente, H. Royo, M. Preite-Martinez A uotorum nuncupatio from Colonia Augusta Firma. An analytical approach, S. Ordonez, R. Taylor, O. Rodriguez, E. Ontiveros, S. Garcia-Dils, J. Beltran, J. C. Saquete The Muses in the Prado Museum and the pentelic marble of the Odeon in Hadrian's villa: workshops and statuary programmes. Preliminary report, A. Ottati Local workshops of the Roman imperial age. A contribution to the study of the production of Campanian Sarcophagi, A. Palmentieri Ceraunia and lapis obsianus in Pliny, L. Pedroni Marbles from the Domus of 'Bestie ferite' and from the Domus of 'Tito Macro' in Aquileia (UD), Italy, C. Previato, N. Mareso Production and distribution of Troad granite, both public and private, P. Pensabene, I. Roda, J. Domingo The use of Almaden de la Plata marble in the public programs of Colonia Augusta Firma-Astigi (Ecija, Seville, Spain), O. Rodriguez, R. Taylor, J. Beltran, S. Garcia-Dils, E. Ontiveros, S. Ordonez Architectural elements of the Peristyle Building of the SW quarter of Palmyra (PAL.M.A.I.S. (PAL.M.A.I.S. Mission), G. Rossi Casa del Rilievo di Telefo and opus sectile at Herculaneum, A. Savalli, P. Pesaresi, L. Lazzarini The use of marble in Roman Pula, A. Starac Architectural decoration of the episcopal church of Rhodiapolis in Lycia, A. Tiryaki Byzantine carved marble slabs from Canakkale Archaeology Museum, A. Turker First preliminary results on the marmora of the late roman villa of Noheda (Cuenca, Spain), M. A. Valero Tevar, A. Gutierrez Garcia-M., I. Roda de Llanza Parian lychnites and the Badminton Sarcophagus in New York, F. Van Keuren, J. E. Cox, D. Attanasio, W. Prochaska, J. J. Herrmann, Jr., D. H. Abramitis The use of Estremoz marble in Late Antique Sculpture of Hispania: new data from the petrographic and cathodoluminescence analyses, S. Vidal, V. Garcia-Entero Montegrotto Terme (Padova) - Marble and other stone used in architectonic decoration of the Roman villa, P. Zanovello, C. Destro, M. Bressan 2. PROVENANCE IDENTIFICATION I: MARBLE The monument landscape and associated geology at the sanctuary of Zeus on mt. Lykaion, I. Bald Romano, G. H. Davis, D. G. Romano Marbles of the Aracena Massif (Ossa-Morena zone, Spain): aspects of their exploitation and use in roman times, J. Beltran Fortes, M. L. Loza Azuaga, E. Ontiveros Ortega, J. A. Perez Macias, O. Rodriguez Gutierrez, R. Taylor Isotopic analysis of marble from the Stoa of Attalos in the Athenian Agora and the Hellenistic quarries of Mount Pentelikon, S. Bernard, S. Pike An update on the use and distribution of white and black Goktepe marbles from the first century AD to Late Antiquity, M. Bruno, D. Attanasio, W. Prochaska, A.B. Yavuz The use of coloured marbles in the neapolitan Baroque: the work of Cosimo Fanzago (1591-1678), R. Bugini, L. Cinquegrana The imitation of coloured marbles in the Venetian Renaissance painting, R. Bugini, L. Folli Stones and ancient marbles of the 'Francesco Belli' Collection: archaeological, art-historical, antiquarian, geological - technical and petrographical aspects, R. Conte, A. DElia, E. Delluniversita, G. Fioretti, E. Florio, M. C. Navarra Provenance investigation of a marble sculptures from Lyon Museum, M.P. Darblade-Audoin, D. Tambakopoulos, Y. Maniatis The limestone quarries of the Karaburum peninsula (southern Albania), A. De Stefano The main quarries of the central part of Dardania (present Kosova) during the Roman period: their usage in funerary and cult monuments, E. Dobruna-Salihu The use of marble in Hispanic Visigothic architectural decoration, J.A. Domingo Magana Preliminary study of Los Bermejales, a new roman quarry discovered in the province of Cadiz, Southwestern Spain, S. Dominguez-Bella, M. Montanes, A. Ocana, J. M. Carrascal, J. Martinez, A. Durante, J. Rendon Aragon, J. Rios Marble pavements from the house of Jason Magnus in Cyrene, E. Gasparini, E. Gallocchio The Portoro of Portovenere: notes about a limestone, S. Gazzoli, G. Tedeschi Grisanti Saw cuts on marble sarcophagi: New York and Ostia, J. J. Herrmann, Jr., M. Bruno, A. van den Hoek The basalt of the sacred caves at Ajanta (India): characterization and conservation, F. Mariottini, M. Mariottini Marble and stones used in the central eastern Alpine area and in the northern area of Benacus: topographical reconstruction of trade routes and aspects of use in the Roman Era, A. Mosca Life of Nora (Province of Cagliari - South Sardinia). Roman quarries and their organization in the rural landscape, C. Nervi Naxian or parian? Preliminary examination of the Sounion and Dipylon kouroi marble, O. Palagia, Y. Maniatis Analysis of the stony materials in the Arucci city, E. Pascual, J. Bermejo, J. M. Campos Blocks and quarry marks in the Museum of Aquileia, P. Pensabene Archaeology and archaeometry of the marble sculptures found in the "Villa di Poppea" at Oplontis (Torre Annunziata, Naples), P. Pensabene, F. Antonelli, S. Cancelliere, L. Lazzarini "Marmo di Cottanello" (Sabina, Italy): quarry survey and data on its distribution, P. Pensabene, E. Gasparini, E. Gallocchio, M. Brilli A quantitative and qualitative study on marble revetments of service area in the Villa del Casale at Piazza Armerina, P. Pensabene, L. Gonzalez De Andres, J. Atienza Fuente Quarry-marks or masonry-marks at Palmyra: some comparisons with the Phoenician-Punic documentation, D. Piacentini Fine-grained dolomitic marble of high sculptural quality used in antiquity, W. Prochaska Discriminating criteria of Pyrenean Arties marble (Aran Valley, Catalonia) from Saint-Beat marbles: evidence of Roman use, H. Royo, P. Lapuente, E. Ros, M. Preite-Martinez, J. A. Cuchi 3. PROVENANCE IDENTIFICATION II: OTHER STONES The stone architecture of Palmyra (Syria): from the quarry to the building, R. Bugini, L. Folli Quarries in rural landscapes of North Africa, M. De Vos Raaijmakers, R. Attoui Local and imported lithotypes in Roman times in the Southern part of the X Regio Augustea Venetia et Histria, L. Lazzarini, M. Van Molle Preliminary study of the stone tesserae of Albanian mosaics. Materials identification, E. Omari 4. ADVANCES IN PROVENANCE TECHNIQUES METHODOLOGIES AND DATABASES Provenance investigation of some funeral marble sculptures from ancient Vienna (France), V. Gaggadis-Robin, J.-L. Prisset, D. Tambakopoulos, Y. Maniatis Isotopic testing of marble for figural sculpture at Guelma, Algeria, J. J. Herrmann, Jr., R. H. Tykot, D. Attanasio, P. Blanc, A. van den Hoek 5. QUARRIES AND GEOLOGY Analysis and discrimination of Phrygian and other Pavonazzetto-like marbles, D. Attanasio, M. Bruno, W. Prochaska, A. B. Yavuz Roman stone-carvers and re-carving: ingenuity in recycling, Simon J. Barker, Courtney A. Ward Can a fire broaden our understanding of a Roman quarry? The case of el Medol (Tarragona, Spain), A. Gutierrez Garcia-M., S. Huelin, J. Lopez Vilar, I. Roda De Llanza The Roman marble quarries of Aliko Bay and of the islets of Rinia and Koulouri (Skyros, Greece), M. Karambinis, Lorenzo Lazzarini The splendor of Andesite. quarrying and constructing in Larisa (Buruncuk) Aeolis, T. Saner, U. Almac Carving a corinthian capital. New technical aspects regarding the carving process, N. Toma New evidence on ancient quarrying activity at the Mani Peninsula, M.P. Tsouli Ancient lithic naval cargos around Sicily, S. Tusa An unusual Roman stone cinerary urn from London, D.F. Williams, R. Hobbs Presenting and interpreting the processes of stone carving: The Art Of Making In Antiquity Project, W. Wooton, B. Russell The Roman Mio-Pliocene underground quarries at Ksour Essaf (Tunisia), A. Younes, M. Gaied, W. Gallala 6. STONES PROPERTIES, WEATHERING EFFECTS AND RESTORATION A strigilated sarcophagus in providence: ancient, modern or both?, G. E. Borromeo, M. B. Hollinshead, S.Pike Art historical and scientific perspectives on the nature of the orange-red patina of the Parthenon, O. Palagia, S. Pike 7. PIGMENTS AND PAITINGS ON MARBLE The polychromy of Roman polished marble portraits, A. Skovmler, R. H. Therkildsen Some observations on the use of color on ancient sculpture, contemporary scientific exploration, and exhibition displays, J. Pollini The Ulpia Domnina's sarcophagus: preliminary report about the use of digital 3d model for the study and reconstruction of the polychromy, E.Siotto, M. Callieri, M. Dellepiane, R. Scopigno 8. SPECIAL THEME SESSION: ORDERS, REPERTOIRES AND MEANING OF MARBLE WITHIN THE PUBLIC AND THE DOMESTIC CIRCLE FROM ANTIQUITY TILL POST-ANTIQUE TIME Marbles from the theatre of Colonia Caesar Augusta (provincia Hispania Citerior), M. Beltran, M. Cisneros, J. A. Paz The decorative stoneworks in the east and center of Roman Gaul: recent data of the archaeological operations, V. Brunet-Gaston Colored columns and cult of the emperors in Rome, B. Burrell Roman sculpture in Pannonia between imports and local production, M. Buzov A New Julio-Claudian Statuary cycle from Copia Thurii. Brief remarks on quality and methods of extraction and processing of marble used for the sculptures, A. D'Alessio Stone in the decorative programs of Villa A (So-Called Villa Of Poppaea) at Oplontis, J. C. Fant, S. J. Barker Stable isotope analysis of Torano valley, Carrara, marble used in 18th-century french sculpture, K. Holbrow, C. Hayward Cassiodorus on marble, Y.A. Marano Colored marbles of Diocletian's Palace in Split, K. Marasovic, D. Matetic Poljak, D. Gobic Bravar Fabri Luxuriae. Production and consumption of coloured stone vases in the Roman Period, S. Perna Porphyry bathtubs in the sacred space, O. Senior-Niv Mythological sculptures in late antique domus and villas: some examples from Italy, C. Sfameni Architectural language and diffusion of decorative models: a group of unpublished figured capitals from Hierapolis in Phrygia, G. Sobra