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Assessment of Ancient Stone Quarry Landscapes as Heritage Sites

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In addition to displaying geological features, stone quarries may provide important ‘pools of knowledge’ of ancient technology, social organisation, trade and communications. Since many quarry landscapes were exploited over thousands of years, quarries can also be ‘indicators’ of important events or changes in society: there are many stories to quarries that deserve to be told. As with many mining sites, quarries tend to fall between two chairs regarding conservation and management. The exercise of viewing quarries and quarry landscapes from different angles do lead to a path along which the value of such sites can be analysed. This may lead to a better appreciation of such sites and initiate better conservation strategies and management practises.

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  1. Geological Survey of Norway, 6315 Sluppen, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Heldal Tom & Meyer Gurli

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  1. Inst. for Geo-hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Turin, Italy

    Giorgio Lollino

  2. Inst. for Geo-hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Turin, Italy

    Daniele Giordan

  3. Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

    Cristian Marunteanu

  4. Department of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Basiles Christaras

  5. Geo Research Institute, Osaka, Japan

    Iwasaki Yoshinori

  6. ISPRA-Inst. f. Env. Protection&Research, Geological Survey of Italy, Rome, Italy

    Claudio Margottini

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Tom, H., Gurli, M. (2015). Assessment of Ancient Stone Quarry Landscapes as Heritage Sites. In: Lollino, G., Giordan, D., Marunteanu, C., Christaras, B., Yoshinori, I., Margottini, C. (eds) Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09408-3_43

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