SCIENTIFIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE POHORJEMARBLES, SLOVENIA

摘要

As a former part of the great Roman Empire, Slovenia has many archaeological sites featuringbuildings and objects entirely or partly constructed from marble whose provenance is doubtful.In Slovenia, the most probable source of such marble is the Pohorje Mountains. For the purposeof supporting further provenance studies, these marbles are fully scientifically characterized.The techniques used are petrographic and geochemical analysis, stable isotope ratio analysisand EPR spectroscopy. The results show that the Pohorje marbles are highly heterogeneous inboth their isotopic and geochemical parameters as well as grain sizes. The parameters of thedifferent Pohorje marble outcrops are compared between themselves and with the parametersof known ancient quarries in the Mediterranean and Austria. The use of a multi-techniqueapproach with combined parameters allows the best possible discrimination.