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<p>Not any Roman monuments are still present in the current town of Narbonne which was founded by Romans by the end of the second century BC. Many carved blocks, stelae and sculptures have been fortunately gathered in the new archaeological museum Narbo Via in Narbonne and their study allows to identify the nature of the stones used to build and to decorate the Roman city of <i>Narbo Martius</i>. The main lithotypes used are a marine bioclastic Miocene and a lacustrine Oligocene limestone, respectively. Several quarries along the Via Domitia were able to provide these facies in Narbonne area. In fact, investigations on the field concluded that outcrops on the bank of a pond and an island in it were exploited from which the two lithotypes could be transported on ship to the harbour located on the same pond only a few kilometres from the town.</p> Graphic abstract <p></p>

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Nature and provenance of the two main stones used for sculpture and building in the Roman town of Narbo Martius (Narbonne, France) deduced from the study of the stone works exposed in Narbo Via museum

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    2025年2月10日

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  • Philippe Bromblet,
  • Lise Leroux

摘要

Not any Roman monuments are still present in the current town of Narbonne which was founded by Romans by the end of the second century BC. Many carved blocks, stelae and sculptures have been fortunately gathered in the new archaeological museum Narbo Via in Narbonne and their study allows to identify the nature of the stones used to build and to decorate the Roman city of Narbo Martius. The main lithotypes used are a marine bioclastic Miocene and a lacustrine Oligocene limestone, respectively. Several quarries along the Via Domitia were able to provide these facies in Narbonne area. In fact, investigations on the field concluded that outcrops on the bank of a pond and an island in it were exploited from which the two lithotypes could be transported on ship to the harbour located on the same pond only a few kilometres from the town.

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