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Grotta Oscura

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Jul 25, 2023 10:50 AM — History
The quarries at Grotta Oscura were an important source of high-quality tuff located in the territory of Veii. This was the "tuffo giallo della via Tiberina" that was used at Rome from the Archaic period onward.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/422942

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quarry

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 43 B1 Grotta Oscura

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Grotta Oscura


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L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Grotta Oscura: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/422942> [accessed: 03 December 2024] 

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