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Aspects of Characterisation of Stone Monuments from Southern Pannonia

Characterisations of stone material have been made for the majority of north-Croatian Roman marble monuments, in addition to for those made of other stones kept in the Museum of Slavonia in Osijek. Such characterisations have not yet been conducted on Roman stones from other parts of northern Croatia (southern Pannonia). In advance of such research, in this paper six cases will be presented, which in a special way illustrate the need for archaeometric stone analyses and the search for the quarry origin of the stones. Unlike the trade in marble, with other stones a seemingly logical conclusion appears, i.e., that exclusively rocks from the nearest quarry would be used. However, the characterisations of north-Croatian Roman stones conducted so far have demonstrated that the logic of trading follows its own specific rules, and that the “rule of the smallest distance” cannot be safely taken as the only starting point in such research.

southern Pannonia, stone characterisation

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