@prefix cito: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix foaf: . @prefix owl: . @prefix pleiades: . @prefix prov: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix skos: . a ; rdfs:label "Bois des Lens Quarries"; rdfs:comment "A series of opencast limestone quarries located in the Bois des Lens about 25 km west of Nîmes (France) were identified and studied in the 20th century. They are thought to have been brought into use in the fourth century BCE, with peak exploitation occurring during the early Roman Empire."; foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf . a , ; dcterms:bibliographicCitation "BAtlas 15 C2 Bois des Lens", "Bessac 1981 ", "Bessac 1986 ", "Bessac 1996 ", "Bessac 2002 ", "DARMC 7408", "YouTube Carrières du bois des Lens by Bruno Teste"; dcterms:contributor , , , , ; dcterms:coverage "Bois des Lens"; dcterms:creator ; dcterms:description "A series of opencast limestone quarries located in the Bois des Lens about 25 km west of Nîmes (France) were identified and studied in the 20th century. They are thought to have been brought into use in the fourth century BCE, with peak exploitation occurring during the early Roman Empire."; dcterms:modified "2021-01-28T18:49:20-04:00"; dcterms:subject "dare:ancient=0", "dare:feature=mine", "dare:major=0", "limestone"; dcterms:title "Bois des Lens Quarries"; cito:citesAsRelated ; cito:citesForInformation , , , , ; owl:sameAs ; skos:inScheme ; prov:wasDerivedFrom [ rdfs:label "Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 15 C2 Bois des Lens" ]; pleiades:hasFeatureType ; pleiades:hasLocation . a ; dcterms:bibliographicCitation "Bessac 1981 ", "Géoportail IGN Bois des Lens"; dcterms:creator ; dcterms:description "This representative point reflects the label anchor location used for the Bois des Lens on the IGN maps served through the French government's Géoportail website. It has been visually verified in Google Earth. Dates after Bessac."; dcterms:modified "2019-02-27T16:30:55-04:00"; dcterms:title "Imagery Location of IGN Representative Point"; cito:citesAsDataSource ; cito:citesForInformation ; owl:sameAs ; prov:wasDerivedFrom [ rdfs:label "Pleiades" ]; pleiades:during , , ; pleiades:end_date 640; pleiades:start_date -330 . a ; owl:sameAs , ; skos:inScheme ; skos:prefLabel "quarry"@en; skos:scopeNote "A quarry as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: Open-air excavations from which stone for building or other purposes is or has been obtained by cutting or blasting."@en . a ; owl:sameAs , ; skos:inScheme ; skos:prefLabel "Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC)"@en; skos:scopeNote "The Hellenistic period in Greek history and the middle-to-late Republican period in Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 330 and end in the year 30 before the birth of Christ. [[-330, -30]]"@en . a ; owl:sameAs , ; skos:inScheme ; skos:prefLabel "Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640)"@en; skos:scopeNote "The Late Antique period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 300 and to end in the year 640 after the birth of Christ. [[300, 640]]"@en . a ; owl:sameAs , ; skos:inScheme ; skos:prefLabel "Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)"@en; skos:scopeNote "The Roman period (i.e., the early Roman Empire) in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 30 before the birth of Christ and to end in the year 300 after the birth of Christ. [[-30, 300]]"@en .