Archaeometry on marble by António M . G . CARVALHO
Minerals, 2021
This archaeometric study is focused on the marble used in a group of fragmented sculptures found ... more This archaeometric study is focused on the marble used in a group of fragmented sculptures found at the Roman villa of Quinta das Longas (Elvas, Portugal). Dating from the 4th century AD, the pieces are of remarkable quality and correspond to ideal and mythological figures from several iconographic cycles. The numerous fragments, all of very fine-grained white marble, are associated with the ornamentation of an impressive nymphaeum of the villa. Their high level of sculpture technique and style, the models followed and their similar typology to other well-known parallels raise the hypothesis of being linked with Aphrodisian workshops. Using a well-established multi-method approach, with Optical microscopy, X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD), qualitative and quantitative cathodoluminescence (CL) by CL-Optical and CL-SEM, and stable C and O isotopic and trace element analytical techniques (IRMS and ICP-AES), together with complementary parameters obtained from electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and 87 Sr/ 86 Sr isotopes, the marble provenance can be identified with certainty. The results all point to the best quality of white Göktepe marble, confirming the stylistic connection to the ancient Carian sculptors.
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Revista de Museus, 2021
As coleções do Museu Nacional de Arqueologia e do Museu Municipal Santos Rocha, com origem no est... more As coleções do Museu Nacional de Arqueologia e do Museu Municipal Santos Rocha, com origem no estrangeiro e nas antigas colónias, são o objeto de investigação do projeto “TRANSMAT: Materialidades transnacionais (1850-1930): reconstituir coleções e conectar histórias”. Financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, este projeto de investigação com início em Abril de 2021 irá, durante três anos, documentar e reconstituir as narrativas das mencionadas coleções destas duas instituições museológicas. Uma equipa multidisciplinar irá analisar, interpretar e documentar a biografia dos objetos que integraram as colecções de comparação – como eram designadas na época da sua formação – daquelas duas instituições museológicas. Neste artigo expomos o contexto e os objetivos deste projeto de investigação que pretende valorizar e disseminar o património cultural bem como as conexões entre histórias locais e nacionais com contextos coloniais e transnacionais.
Minerals, 2021
This archaeometric study is focused on the marble used in a group of fragmented sculptures found ... more This archaeometric study is focused on the marble used in a group of fragmented sculptures found at the Roman villa of Quinta das Longas (Elvas, Portugal). Dating from the 4th century AD, the pieces are of remarkable quality and correspond to ideal and mythological figures from several iconographic cycles. The numerous fragments, all of very fine-grained white marble, are associated with the ornamentation of an impressive nymphaeum of the villa. Their high level of sculpture technique and style, the models followed and their similar typology to other well-known parallels raise the hypothesis of being linked with Aphrodisian workshops. Using a well-established multi-method approach, with Optical microscopy, X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD), qualitative and quantitative cathodoluminescence (CL) by CL-Optical and CL-SEM, and stable C and O isotopic and trace element analytical techniques (IRMS and ICP-AES), together with complementary parameters obtained from electron paramagnetic reson...
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Archaeometry on marble by António M . G . CARVALHO
Papers by António M . G . CARVALHO