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Mons Claudianus and the problem of the ‘granito del foro’: a geological and geochemical approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

D. P. S. Peacock ,
Olwen Williams-Thorpe ,
R. S. Thorpe†  and
A. G. Tindle*
D. P. S. Peacock
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Southampton SO9 5NH, England
Olwen Williams-Thorpe
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, England
R. S. Thorpe†
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, England
A. G. Tindle*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, England
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Extract

Granito del foro is a distinctive igneous rock, in fact a granodiorite rather than a granite, long known and named for its use in buildings of the Roman Forum. Exactly what is it? Where does it come from? Where else was it used and not used? What does the granito del foro say about ownership and empire?

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Antiquity , Volume 68 , Issue 259 , June 1994 , pp. 209 - 230
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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