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.
Ashby 1927 248-49
Frank 1918
BAtlas 43 B1 Grotta Oscura
OXREP Stone Quarries Database Grotta Oscura
Heiken 2005
Carbonara and Messineo 1996
Wikipedia (French) Tuf de Grotta oscura
Panei 2010
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 43 B1 Grotta Oscura
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Grotta Oscura
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.
Grotta Oscura
Grotta Oscura
Grotta Oscura
quarry
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.
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC)
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]]
DARMC OBJECTID: 19506
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)
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]]
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300
1:150,000 scale representative point location digitized from the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World by the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations project at Harvard University.
DARMC location 19506
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DARMC 19506
Modern (AD 1700-Present)
Our present, modern era. [[1700, 2100]]
Carbonara and Messineo 1996
Pleiades
2021-10-15T16:29:12-04:00
2100
Grotta Oscura
Grotta Oscura
1700
Grotta Oscura