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Science 28 April 1972:
Vol. 176. no. 4033, pp. 401 - 403
DOI: 10.1126/science.176.4033.401
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Greek Marbles: Determination of Provenance by Isotopic Analysis

Harmon Craig 1 and Valerie Craig 1

1 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92037

A study has been made of carbon-13 and oxygen-18 variations in Greek marbles from the ancient quarry localities of Naxos, Paros, Mount Hymettus, and Mount Pentelikon. Parian, Hymettian, and Pentelic marbles can be clearly distinguished by the isotopic relationships; Naxian marbles fall into two groups characterized by different oxygen-18/oxygen-16 ratios. Ten archeological samples were also analyzed; the isotopic data indicate that the "Theseion" is made of Pentelic marble and a block in the Treasury of Siphnos at Delphi is probably Parian marble.


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