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The White and Coloured Marbles of the Roman Theatre of Copia(Cosenza, Italy)

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Materials, Technologies and Practice in Historic Heritage Structures

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There are few existing examples of detailed studies on the use of marble in the decoration of ancient monuments and on the archaeometric analysis performed to establish their provenance. The aim of this paper is to gather the archaeological evidence from a defined context, examine all the different material classes and identify the marble species found in the excavation. We have chosen for this study one of the most important areas of the ancient town of Copia, namely the insulaof the theatre. This area was excavated in the second half of the last century, but it still remains unpublished regarding most of the historical and archaeological aspects. Finally in order to place our results in a wider archaeological context we have also considered some marbles used in other monuments of the town.

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  1. Laboratorio di Analisi dei Materiali Antichi, Dipartimento Di Storia dell'Architettura, Università Iuav di Venezia, S.Polo 2468, 30125, Venezia, Italy

    Lorenzo Lazzarini & Carmelo G. Malacrino

  2. Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Calabria, Piazza dei Nava 26, 89100, Reggio Calabria, Italy

    Silvana Luppino

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  1. Department for History & Theory of Architecture and Heritage Conservation, “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism, str. Academiei 18-20, 010014, Bucureşti, Romania

    Maria Bostenaru Dan (Chair for Conservation & Restoration) (Chair for Conservation & Restoration)

  2. Foundation ERGOROM ’99, Bucharest, Romania

    Maria Bostenaru Dan (Chair for Conservation & Restoration) (Chair for Conservation & Restoration)

  3. Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, 128 43, Prague 2, Czech Republic

    Richard Přikryl

  4. Department of Construction Materials and Engineering Geology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Sztoczek u. 2, 1111, Budapest, Hungary

    Ákos Török

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Lazzarini, L., Luppino, S., Malacrino, C.G. (2010). The White and Coloured Marbles of the Roman Theatre of Copia(Cosenza, Italy). In: Dan, M.B., Přikryl, R., Török, Á. (eds) Materials, Technologies and Practice in Historic Heritage Structures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2684-2_5

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