The Espejón limestone (Soria, Spain): archaeometric characterization

Authors

  • Virginia García-Entero Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología UNED (Madrid)
  • Anna Gutiérrez Garcia-M. Institut de Recherche sur les ArchéoMATériaux (IRAMAT)- Centre de Recherches Physiques Apliquées à l’Archéologie (CRP2A)
  • Hernando Royo Plumed Unitat d’Estudis Arqueomètrics. Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica (Tarragona)
  • Sergio Vidal Álvarez Departamento de Antigüedades Medievales. Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Madrid)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2182-844X_4_1

Keywords:

Espejón limestone, archaeometric characterization, petrography (optical transmitted light microscopy -OM-), cathodoluminescence –CL, spectrometry energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) and mass spectrometry of stable isotope ratios of carbon and oxygen (δ13C y δ18O) (IRMS)

Abstract

This paper presents the first results of the archaeometric characterization of four lithological varieties of Espejón limestone, outcropping on the province of Soria and used in Roman times. Petrographic analysis (optical transmitted light microscopy –OM-), cathodoluminescence (CL), spectrometry energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) and mass spectrometry of stable isotope ratios of carbon and oxygen (δ13C y δ18O) (IRMS) have been carried out on samples collected from quarries. The results form the basis of the reference core of these limestones, which will be subsequently used for future comparisons with archaeological items in order to determine the use and distribution of these limestones in Roman Hispania.

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Published

2018-03-13

Issue

No. 4 (2017): digitAR nº 4

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Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

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