17. R. Bugini, L. Folli and E. Roffia: Marble slab 37. P. Lapuente, J.A. Cuchí, H. Royo, M. Prei- 55. P. Pensabene, I. Rébé and I. Rodà: The Monday, 8th Tuesday, 9th Wednesday, 10th Thursday, 11th Friday, 12th Poster Session I fragments from Desenzano Roman villas. te-Martinez and C. Garcés: Roman sarcopha- marmora from the forum of Ruscino (Château gus known today as the tomb of King Ramiro II Roussillon, France). 8.30 h Registration Session: Provenance Identification I: marble Chairman: P. Lapuente Session: Quarries and Geology: Quarrying Session: Pigments and Paintings on Marble, The numbers indicate a provisional order. 18. A. Calia,M.T. Gianotta, G. Quarta, M. Sileo of Aragon. Archaeometry study Chairman: E. Galán Techniques, Organization, New Quarries, Authenticity testing Some changes could be made. The final and A. Antonazzo: The submerged stone boc- 56. V. Perdikatsis, Ch. Apostolaki and St. 9.30 h Opening and Welcoming addresses. 9.00 h Identification of stone blocks used for Stone Carving and Dressing, Quarry Risks Chairman: V. Gaggadis-Robin order will be announced before the ope- ks of Santa Sabina (Brindisi, Southern Italy): A 38. P. Lapuente, H. Royo, M. Preite-Marti- Markoulaki: Mineralogical petrographical Prof. Francesc Grau, rector of the URV, Prof. Y. 9.00 h On the Ephesian origin of the Greco the building of Thysdrus and Thapsus amphi- and Preservation ning of the poster session contribution to the study of the provenance and nez and Ph. Blanc: Fragmentary white marble study of tesserae from Roman mosaics from Maniatis, president of ASMOSIA, Prof. Isabel Scritto marble. D. Attanasio, M. Bruno, A. B. theatres. A. Younès, M. El Gaied and W. Gallala Chairman: R. Sablayrolles 9.00 h The marble technique, polychromy, trade in Antiquity. pieces from the theatre of Caesaraugusta: ar- Kissamos (Crete). Rodà, president of the IX ASMOSIA Organizing 1. R. Albiach, E. García-Prósper and A. Galle- Yavuz, J. J. Jr. Herrmann, R. Tykot and A. van and sculptural style of the “Karg-Bebenburg chaeometric results. Committee and director of the ICAC. go.: The marble repertoire of the Roman villa of 19. F. Cavari, F. Droghini, M. Giamello, L. Laz- 57. D. Pivko: Building stone sources for den Hoek 9.20 h Non-destructive elemental finger- 9.00 h New work on quarrying in the Terri- youth”. M. B. Abbe, G. E. Borromeo and S. Pike printing of obsidian and other lithic mate- Cornelius (Valencia, Spain). zarini and C. Mascione: White marble artefacts 39. L. Lazzarini and M. Mariottini: A first study Carnuntum Roman town and surrounding 10.30 h Coffee Break tory of Eretria. B. Russell and S. Fachard 9.20 h Provenance investigation of marble rials using the portable X-ray fluorescence 9.20 h Pigment vs the texture and colour of from Populonia and the marble of Campiglia of the lumachellas used in Roman Antiquity. settlements in upper (Austria, 2. A. Àlvarez and J. Beltrán: Study of the ma- sculptures from Butrint, Albania. V. Gagga- spectrometer. R. H. Tykot 9.20 h Ancient marble and alabaster quarries stone to what extent was stone part of the po- Marittima (Grosseto, Italy). Hungary, Slovakia). Session: Applications to Specific Archaeolo- terials from the “aula” and baptistery of the Bar- 40. L. Lazzarini, C. Beltrame and S. Medaglia: dis-Robin, K. Polikreti and Y. Maniatis near Hierapolis in Phrygia (Turkey): new data lychrome appearance of Hellenistic sculptu- gical Questions – Use of Marble celona Episcopal Group. 20. M. Cipriani, L. Lazzarini and S. Cancelliere: First results of the study and archaeometric 58. W. Prochaska and S.M. Grillo: The marble Session: Advances in Provenance Techni- from archaeological surveys. G. Scardozzi re?. Cl. Blume Chairman: Y. Maniatis 9.40 h “Sanctuary of the Great Gods” – Samo- The white marbles of Roman Paestum, an ar- analyses of the marble cargo of the Secca Di quarries of the metropolis of Ephesos and some ques, Methodologies and Databases 3. A. Àlvarez and A. Pitarch: The local ma- thrace, an extended marble provenance stu- 9.40 h Ancient polychrome and gilded sculp- chaeometric study. Capo Bianco (Crotone, Italy). examples of the use for marbles in Ephesian Chairman: L. Lazzarini 9.40 h Unknown marble quarries of wes- terials used in the Roman break of Martorell 11.00 h Marble salvaging in Antiquity. S. J. Barker. dy. Y. Maniatis, D. Tambakopoulos, B. D. Wes- tern Asia minor. M. Bruno, H. Elçi, A. B. Ya- ture: new evidences, new interpretations, architecture and sculpturing. (Barcelona, Spain). 21. M. Claramonte, C. Santisteban, J. Benedito 41. E.-E. Leka: Unfinished Kouros in the Myti- coat and D. Matsas vuz and D. Attanasio new meanings. Ph. Jockey 11.20 h Huge column costs: some examples. 9.40 h Tracing the origin of marbles by inclusion and J.M. Melchor: Ornamental materials found lene archaeological museum and the supply of 59. O. Reyes, C. Pérez, E. Illaurregui, A. Àl- 4. A. Àlvarez, A. Gutiérrez, A. Domènech, I. P. Barresi 10.00 h A provenance study of marbles from fluid chemistry. W. Prochaska and D. Attanasio at Sagunto’s moorish quarter square. statuary marble in Lesbos in the Archaic period. varez, A. Gutiérrez and I. Rodà: Marmoreal 10.00 h The marble industry at Aphrodisias: Special Theme Session: Symbolism of Sto- Moreno and T. Carreras: Study and characteri- the Roman town of Thamusida (Mauretania new quarries discovered on the Aphrodisias representation of Las Pizarras: a Roman site 10.00 h Missmarble: measurement and in- nes: local and Imported Materials. zation of the tesserae from the Roman mosaic 22. D. Dessandier, F. Antonelli, L. Lazzarini, 42. I. López: Stone from local quarries emplo- 11.40 h The import of coloured stone and Tingitana, Morocco). F. Origlia, J. Spangen- regional survey. L. E. Long and C. Stearns (Coca, Segovia). white marble for the interior wall and floor formation system of samples of marble for of Las Tres Gràcies (Barcelona, Spain). M. Varti-Matarangas, L. Leroux, M. Hamia- yed in Republican-era sculptures in southern berg, I. Turbanti Memmi and E. Papi 10.00 h Use and symbolism of Pentelic mar- decoration of public and domestic buildings archaeometric, art historian and restoration 10.20 h The white marble of Kos, its quarry ne, C. Riache and C. Khalfallah: Atlas of Hispania: reliefs in Vrso and Estepa and explo- 60. P. Rodríguez Oliva: Stone in Roman Malaca. ble in Domitian’s Rome. I. Bald Romano, S. 5. A. Àlvarez, A. Gutiérrez, A. Domènech, I. at Sagalassos, Turkey. M. Corremans, P. De- 10.40 h Greek statuary of the Museo Ar- use. J. Zöldföldi, B. Székely and P. Hegedüs and archaeometric characterisation. L. Laz- ornamental and building stones of Djemila itation of nearby quarries. Pike, E. Gazda and R. Paris Moreno and T. Carreras: Study and characteri- ancient site (Algeria). 61. M. Salán: The marmor of Espejón and its SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMSCIENTIFIC chaeologico Nazionale of Venice: archaeolo- gryse and M. Waelkens zarini and C. G. Malacrino zation of the tesserae from the Roman mosaic gical and archeometric studies. L. Lazzarini, 10.20 h Contribution to the knowledge of 43. I. Mañas and O. Rodríguez: The opus use in Roman Hispania. 1 0.20 h Solar symbolism and silicified of El Romeral (Albesa, La Noguera, Spain). 12.00 h Use of marble and other stones in Portuguese marbles through multivaria- 10.40 h The quarries of Silsila- Main source 23. E. Dobruna-Salihu: Sculpture of the foreign sectile of the old curia of Ilipa (Alcalá del Río, M. Sediari, E. Soccal sandstone consumption in dynastic Egypt: . B. Djuric, A. Maver, J. Davidovic, I. te analysis of qualitative and quantitative of ancient Egyptian sandstone architecture. marble in the central part of Dardania (present Seville). Considerations on the use of stone in 62. D. Segal: The usage of marble and other perspectives on the origins of its symbolic 6. A. Àlvarez, J.M. Macias, J.J. Menchon, A. Riznar, H. W. Müller and D. Jovanovic 11.00 h Coffee Break properties of the most common varieties. V. D. Klemm and R. Klemm day Kosova) during Antiquity. public architecture from Roman Betica. imported stones on sites of Hippos-Sussita and E. Bloxam Muñoz, A. Pitarch and I. Teixell: The marmor Lamberto, P. Sá Caetano and J. Saraiva value. the Bath at Hamat Gader (Gadara Terms). 12.20 h The Roman cavae romanae quarry– 11.00 h Coffee Break use in the imperial cultual centre of Tarraco (His- 24. J.A. Domingo, R. Arola and N. Gasull: The 44. Y. Maniatis, D. Tambakopoulos and M. Chairman: S. Pike 10.40 h Phrygian for Phrygians: semiotics of the properties and use of the stone for the am- 10.40 h Distinguishing Slovenia’s Pohorje pania Citerior Province). marbles of Jaume I: a group coming from the Sturgeon: Provenance investigation of two mar- 63. B. Soler, J.M. Noguera, R. Arana and J.A. “exotic” local marble. B. Burrell and H. Parker phitheatre in Pula (). V. Girardi Jurki marbles from other Mediterranean marble provincial forum of Tarraco. ble sculptures from ancient Stymphalos. Antolinos: Evidence of the use of the marmor 12.00 h Sculptural materials from Villa Chairman: S. Keay 7. D. Attanasio, M. Brili, M. Bruno, L. Ungaro quarries. S. Jarc, Y. Maniatis, E. Dotsika, D. Saetabitanum in the Villa dei Quintili in Rome Adriana: preliminary archaeometric results. 11.00 h Coffee Break and M. Vitti: Rome: white marbles in the fora of 12.40 h On the explotation of marble from Tambakopoulos and N. Zupancic 25. B. Eglington and D. Attanasio: Sr, Pb and 45. L.M. Martínez-Torres, L. Eguíluz, M. Loza Cap de Garde, Algeria. J. J. Jr. Herrmann, D. P. León, P. Lapuente, T. Nogales, M. Preite-Mar- 11.40 h Interpreting the Unfinished Obe- Caesar, Augustus and Trajan. Nd isotope characterisation of classical marbles and J. Niso: Almándoz marble (Navarra) in Ro- 64. A. St’astná, R. Prikryl and A. Cerníková: Attanasio, R. H. Tykot and A. van den Hoek tinez and H. Royo 11.00 h Coffee Break lisk quarry, Aswan, Egypt: a new approach to Chairman: T. Nogales man thermae of Arcaya (Álava, North Spain). Petrographic image analysis used in combina- quarrying techniques. T. Heldal 8. D. Attanasio, M. Bruno and A.B. Yavuz: 26. E.A. Friedland and R.H. Tykot: Quarry ori- tion with C and O isotopic and cathodoluminis- 12.20 h Investigations on the white mar- The Aphrodisias marble quarries at Göktepe 13.00 h The Acropolis marble project: stable Session: Transport and Trade of Stones 11.40 h The funerary poem of Origenes from gins of the marble sculptures from the Roman 46. A. Maver, I. Riznar and H.W. Müller: cence data for fingerprinting Czech marbles. bles of architectural elements in Salento 12.00 h Cavae romanae, some examples of (Mugla, Turkey). theatre in Philadelphia/Amman, Jordan. Roman capitals from Sirmium (Sremska Mi- isotope analysis of marbles from the Parthe- Chairman: P. Pensabene Egypt: material issues and symbolism. P. A. Butz non and Propylaea. S. Pike (Southern Italy). L. Del Pietro sculptural formation. K. Dzin trovica, ). 65. T. Stoyanov D. and Stoyanova: Stonecu- 12.00 h Iconography of Hellenistic stonework. 9. W. Aylward, D. Carlson, D. Laroche, J.C. 27. K.Galor: Provenance study of a marble frag- tting workshops at the Getic Capital Helis (NE 11.40 h Transportation methods in the ancient 12.20 h Grey limestones quarries of Byllis 13.20 h Recutting Roman portraits: problems Session: Provenance Identification II: other stones F. A. Cooper Moretti and S. Pike: The temple of Apollo at ment with Menorah. 47. Z. Miletic´ and M. Glavic˘ ic´: Stone produc- ) – Tools and techniques. granite quarries at Aswan, upper Egypt. A. Kelany (Albania). T. Kozelj and M. Wurch-Kozelj Claros and the shipwreck at Crimson Cape: in interpretation and the new technology in fin- Chairman: M. A. García del Cura tions of the quarries on the Island Brac (Brattia 12.20 h Imported marble and local stone in preliminary analysis of isotopic data. 28. V. García-Entero and S. Vidal: Marmora insula) in the Roman province Dalmatia. 66. D. Taelman, F. Vermeulen, S. Deprez, M. ding possible solution. J. Pollini and W. Storage 12.00 h The elusive navis lapidaria and 12.40 h The quarries at Luni in the I century 12.40 h Antique natural stones used in histo- Roman and Byzantine Palestine: archaeolo- from the Roman site of Carranque (Toledo). De Dapper, P. De Paepe, P. Vandenabeele: marble as dangerous cargo. J. C. Fant A.D: final considerations on some aspects of 13.40 h Pentelic marble in theatrical archi- rical buildings and monuments on the histo- gical and isotopic aspects of centre and peri- 10. B. Bajnóczi, B. Székely and J. Zöldföldi: 48. A. Miras, M.A. Vázquez, E. Galán, C. Apos- Stone economy of Roman Ammaia (Portugal). production, diffusion and costs. P. Pensabene Extended data base of fractal analysis (Fa), tecture: examples from the theatre of Marce- rical peninsula of Istanbul (Turkey). O. S. Angi 12.20 h Locatio-conductio and the marble phery. M. Fischer 29. M. Genera: Data for the study and iden- tolaki and T. Marcopoulos: Suitability criteria in quantitative fabric analysis (Qfa) and catho- tification of the origin of epigraphic supports: the selection of the Marble for restoration. The 67. F. Van Keuren, D. Attanasio, J. Herrmann. llus. M. De Nuccio shipwrecks. J. C. Fant 13.00 h The Almadén de la Plata quarries: new 13.00 h Lithofacies study of the building 12.40 h The colours of Death. Symbolism of doluminiscence (CL) properties of south-east Some specific examples from Roman times. case of the Alhambra Palace (Granada, Spain). Jr., N. Herz, P. Gromet and D. Abramitis: data from the latest interventions. J. Beltrán For- stones of Volubilis monuments (Morocco) 12.40h Shipwrecks and the Roman economy: Roman cinerary urns in coloured stone. S. Perna european and anatolian white marbles. Isotopic, EPR and petrographic analyses of 20 Pause tes, O. Rodríguez, P. López and E. Ontiveros and their provenance. D. Dessandier and M. the view from stone cargoes. B. Russell 30. M.T. Gianotta, A. Calia and G. Quarta: The 49. R. Neunteufel and J.Zöldföldi: Authentica- Roman sarcophagi at the Museo Nazionale Ro- 13.00 h General Discussion IX ASMOSIA. Mee- 11. J. Beltrán, M.L. Loza and J. Espinosa: A Roman capitals re-used in the Saint-John se- tion of marble sculptures by provenance studies mano, Rome. Chairman: Ph. Jockey Varti-Matarangas 13.20 h The red travertine of Mula (Murcia, 13.00h “Historic Quarries” - first results of a ting candidatures new X ASMOSIA Conference study of the use in Roman times and a petrogra- pulchre church in Brindisi (southern Italy): iden- new data base for south east Asian marbles. Spain). Management and administration phic characterisation of the limestone from the tification and provenance of marble. 68. J. Zöldföldi: Database of white marble from 16.00 h Marble polychromies in the walls’ 13.20 h Medieval greenschist quarries near project within the EU Culture Programme. M. of quarries in the Roman era. J. M. Noguera 14.00 h Rovira i Virgili’s University Honor western region of the “Surco Intrabético” in the 50. E. Pecchioni, A. Bartelletti, E. Cantisani, A. the Indian subcontinente: a review. and floors’ decorations of Hadrian’s villa in Bergen, Western Norway. O. Jansen and T. Heldal Unterwurzacher, C. Uhlir, K. Schaller and V. Höck Celdrán, B. Soler Huertas, J. A. Antolinos Marín Wine. Rectorate hall present-day province of Malaga (Spain). 31. M. Gomez: About the provenance of the Amorfini, F. Fratini and E. Pandeli: First evidence Tivoli: last discoveries and verifications. E. 13.20 h Presentation of the exposition: and R. Arana Castillo “Serpentina verde rana filamentosa”. 69. J. Zöldföldi and M. Fischer: Provenance analy- Pause of the use of a serpentine in the floor of a “Villa Lazzeri, G. E. Cinque Marbres, Hommes et Dieux. Vestiges anti- 12. J. Bermejo: Catalog and preliminary analy- rustica” near Luni. sis of the marble from Elusa in Byzantine Palestine. 13.40 h Roman quarries in the northeast ques des Pyrénées centrales (Musée Saint- sis of marble and marble materials of the hispa- 32. M. Gomez: The white marble from Valle

FERENCE 16.20 h The search for the prehistoric mar- 16.00 h Poster Session I of Hispania (modern Catalonia, Spain). A. no-Roman city of Arucci / Turobriga (Aroche, Varaita (Piedmont, Italy). 51. P. Pensabene and M. Preite: Characteri- 70. J. Zöldföldi and R. Neunteufel: Provenance ble sources in the Cyclades. Y. Maniatis and D. Raymond,Toulouse). R. Sablayrolles Gutiérrez García-Moreno Huelva. Spain). zation and provenance of re¬used architec- of the Bodhisattva marble head from Peshawar. Tambakopoulos 19.00 Books presentation, A. Gutiérrez, Ro- Saturday, 13th 33. A. Gutiérrez and J. López Vilar: Roman Pause tural marbles in the churches of S. Clemen- man Quarries in the Northeast of Catalonia. Pause 13. Ph. Blanc, Ph. Bromblet, L. Long and L. marbles at the Tarraco of the Antoninans: the 71. J. Zöldföldi and B. Székely: Carbon, oxygen 16.40 h The import of prefabricated architectu- te, S. Pietro in Vincoli, S. Stefano Rotondo, ICAC, Tarragona 2009; A. Àlvarez, V. García- 08.45 h Visit to the quarries of Broccatello or Leroux: Provenance study of the white marble of assemblage of Sant Pau and Santa Tecla Hos- S. Maria in Domnica. and strontium isotopic systematics of white mar- ral marble items to Moesia inferior. Provenance Entero, I. Rodà and A. Gutiérrez, El marmor 16.00 h ASMOSIA general meeting “Jaspi de la Cinta”, the Cathedral and other a head of C.J. Caesar found in the Rhone river pital (Tarragona, Spain). bles used in the Antiquity. determination and technical aspects. N. Toma 16.00h Poster Session II de Tarraco / Tarraco Marmor: Explotació, monuments of Tortosa. Official welcome by at Arles (France). 52. P. Pensabene and I. Rodà: The stan- utilització i comercialització de la pedra 18.00 h Presentation and visit to El Mèdol quarry 34. J. J. Herrmann Jr.: Christian sarcophagi of 72. J. Zöldföldi, K.T. Biró, A. Ruggeri, H. Taub- 17.00 h The architectonic marbles of Ro- 19.30 h Book presentation: T. Nogales, J. the Major of the City dard production of shafts of granite from de Santa Tecla en època romana / The qua- 14. D. Brodhag, J. Chamay, D. Decrouez, reused marble in the Vatican. ald and O. Sosztarics: Investigation of Roman man theatre of Augusta Bagiennorum (Pied- Beltrán (eds.). MARMORA HISPANA: Explo- Troas: examples from the Hispanic and Afri- rrying, use and trade of Santa Tecla stone tación y uso de los materiales pétreos en la A. Ebert, E. Gnos, H. Haas, P.A. Proz and K. can provinces. marbles from Savaria. mont–Italy). M. Gomez and E. Rulli 35. M. Inglés, M.R. Manote, M. Ortí, J. Pey, E. in Roman Times. ICAC, Tarragona, 2009; A. Hispania Romana. (Colección Hispania An- Ramseyer: The source area of marbles used in Roman artefacts. Playà, L. Rosell and J. Yeguas: Geochemical 73. J. Zöldföldi, T. Schäfer and B.Székely: Pro- 17.20 h On the production and the diffusion of Àlvarez, P. Lapuente, A. Pitarch and H. Royo. tigua, Serie arqueológica 2) L’Erma di Brets- 53. P. Pensabene, F. Antonelli, S. Cancelliere methods in alabaster provenance: an applica- venance analysis of the three splendid marble column shafts in grey cipolin marble from the Marbles and Stones of Hispania. Exhibition chneider, Roma, 2009. and L. Lazzarini: Archaeometric analyses of Sunday, 14th 15. S. Brodhag, A. Ebert, E. Gnos, D. Decrouez tion example. heads of Pantelleria (Italy). caves of Cap de Garde in Algeria. P. Pensabene catalogue. ICAC, Tarragona, 2009. sculptures and architectural elements of white 21.00 h ASMOSIA Dinner, with ceremony of and K. Ramseyer : Influence of second phases marbles from Villa Adriana (Tivoli, Italy). on microfabric of marbles from Naxos. 36. B. Kidd and D. Attanasio: Determining 18.00 h Inaugural Lecture: Stones are alive. 20.00 h Opening Exhibition: “Tarraco, pe- the best poster award. 10.00 h Guided visit to Tarragona (optional) white marble provenance of Greek and Roman J. Wagensberg dra a pedra”. Museu Nacional Arqueològic 54. P. Pensabene, R. Mar and R. Cebrián: Funds V. Brunet-Gaston and Chr. Gaston: The de- sculptures in the Museum of Art and Archaeo- de Tarragona (MNAT). Pl. del Rei, 5. 16. for public architecture and costs of the stone ma- 19.15 h Official Welcome at the Main Hall of Ta- corative stoneworks in the east of Roman Gaul: logy, University of Missouri. terials: the case of the forum at Segobriga. rragona by the Major of the City recent data of the archaeological operations. IX ASMOSIA CON IX ASMOSIA 8 - 13th june 2009 tarragona. 20. M. Devolder: Access to Ashlar as a symbolic 40. A. Luque, G. Cultrone, E. Ruiz-Agudo, E. 59. P. Spathis: Deterioration problems and Poster Session II resource in Neopalatial Crete (1700- 1450 a.C.n.). Sebastián and S. Siegesmund: Effect of termal preliminary observations on the conservation of expansion in marble deterioration. the building materials of excavations of Navarino 1. X. Aguelo, A. Àlvarez and X. Nieto: Quarries 21. M. A. Domagoj Perkic: Quarries, produc- and Diikitrio, Thessaloniki. used for building the Roman habour of Empúries. tions sites of Roman sarcophagi and stone urns 41. A. Magagnini: “Pesi di basalto dal territo- in the southern border part of the province of rio romano” or something else? Three stone 60. P. Storemyr: A grinding stone quarry in the 2. K. G. Akoglu, E.N. Caner-Saltik and T. To- Pannonia superior. artefacts from the Castellani Collection in the Egyptian Sahara. pal.: Investigation on sandstone deterioration for Capitoline Museums, Rome. developing consolidation methods. 22. I. Donelli: Ancient stone quarries on 61. A. Travé and J.D. Martín-Martín: Polishing the Eastern Adriatic coast emphasising Brac 42. G. Meléndez, F. Colucci and J. Rama- problems in a ornamental limestone. 3. A. Àlvarez, I. Rodà, M. Riera, A. Gutiérrez stone quarries. jo: Geoheritage evaluation of ancient quarry and A. Domènech: Provenance of some Roman landscapes: the case of historical quarries in 62. R. H. Tykot, J. Herrmann Jr. and A. Van marbles from El Pla de Ses Figueres (Cabrera, 23. M. El Gaied, A. Younès and W. Gallala: The Aragon (Spain). Den Hoek: Survey and analysis of marble qua- Balearic Islands, Spain). stone of Sidi Ghedamsy island quarries (Monastir, rry sources in Algeria. Tunisia): from extraction to its use in building. 43. C. Miró and E. Revilla: The Roman quarry 4. T. J. Anderson and J.M. Fernández-Soler: A of Montjuïc (Barcelona). 63. M. Unterwurzacher, C. Uhlir, K. Schaller preliminary sketch of a lava rotary quern quarry 24. A. Fernández-Díaz and V. García-Entero: and A. Zarka: Saxa Luquuntur: a comprensive PROGRAMSCIENTIFIC in Cabo de Gata, Almería, Spain. The imitation of Marmora in Roman wall pain- 44. N. Molist and P. Otiña: The republican interdisciplinary information system for antique tings in Hispania. Roman and medieval quarry of Sant Miquel quarries and monuments. 5. J. A. Antolinos, R. Arana, J.M. Noguera d’Olèrdola (Olèrdola, Barcelona) and B. Soler: The sandstone quarries of Car- 25. D. Fiorino, C. Garbarino, C. Giannattasio 64. M. C. Üstünkaya, E.N. Caner-Saltik and thago Noua: petrological characteristics and and S.M.Grillo: On site and laboratory investiga- 45. M. I. Mota, M.A. Buergo, A. de Pizzo and A.G. Gözen: Detection of biological activity in mining techniques. tion on the 16th-17th century Masonries: the R. Fort: Provenance of construction stone from calcareous stone by FDA analyses. ASMOSIA IX ASMOSIA Tarragona, 8 - 13th june 2009 june 13th - antiQuity 8 in stones other and Tarragona, marbles of study the for association INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES ON ANCIENT STONE ANCIENT ON STUDIES INTERDISCIPLINARY western Sardinian coast defensive towers. Roman monuments in Merida, Spain. CONFERENCE INTERNATIONAL 6. R. Arana, J.A. Antolinos, B. Soler, J.M. 65. A. Van Den Hoek and J. Herrmann Jr.: Noguera: Quarrying, use and scope of Cabezo 26. M. A. García del Cura, D. Benavente, J. 46. M. Mrozek-Wysocka and P. Zambrzycki: Alabastro a Pecorella, aïn Tekbalet and Bou Gordo and Rambla de Trujillo marbles (Murcia, Martínez-Martínez and N. Cueto : Petrographic The characterization and state of conservation Hanifia, Algeria. Spain) in the Roman era. features and physical properties of certain tra- of building materials used in Greco-Roman ti- Dipòsit legal: T-274-2009 vertine building stones. mes in northern Egypt: the case of Marina el 66. C. Weiss, R. Sobott and I. Gerlach: Ul- 7. I. Arce: Late Antique and Ummayad Quarries Alamein archaeological site. trasonic and petrophysical investigations of from the Neat East. 27. M. García-Vallés, M. Aulinas, J.B. López monolithic limestone pillars at the Almaqah and A. Moya: Petrographic study of the tubular 47. M. Ortí and M. Inglès: The recovery of Ro- temple in Sirwah/Yemen 8. J. Beltrán, O. Rodríguez, P. 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