AV 70, 2019: Bojan DJURIĆ

ARHEOLOŠKI VESTNIK

ARHEOLOŠKI VESTNIK 70, 2019

Bojan DJURIĆ

The logistics behind ancient art:
stone production in Noricum and Pannoniae

Abstract

The part of the Roman Empire stretching between the Alps and the Carpathians was an area where the Danube and its right tributaries constituted internal lines of communication, but was almost completely cut off from the Mediterranean in terms of transport, only linked via the Danube from the Black Sea. In this area, numerous quarries were active during the Roman period, though relatively few are known today. The study of their production, according to the territories of individual towns and settlements, has revealed the basic supply pattern of stone products from local and regional quarries, a multi-phase nature of the stone production and the existence of an interprovincial trade with the marble products of the Gummern Quarry and the travertine products of the Budakalász Quarry. It also points to the existence of a Thasian (?) sculptural workshop, active at the Gummer Quarry in the Hadrianic period, and a solution to the old question concerning the origin of the Norico-Pannonian volute.

Keywords: Roman period, production cycle, quarries, workshops, semi-finished products, Gummern, Budakalász, Norico-Pannonian volute, Thasian workshop

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