Research Article

Determination of the Type and Origin of Stone Tesseras Used in Antiochian Mosaics, Museum Hotel Example

Number: 14 November 30, 2021
  • Mahmut Aydın
  • Fatima Kavşut
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Determination of the Type and Origin of Stone Tesseras Used in Antiochian Mosaics, Museum Hotel Example

Abstract

(Museum Hotel) mosaics in Hatay province. Archaeometric analysis was performed on 60 tessera samples belonging to 6 different mosaics. In the scope of the study, color analysis, P-XRF and petrographic thin section optical microscopy analysis were performed on tessera samples. As a result of the analyzes, the color components of the tesserae were documented. According to the results of P-XRF analysis; main, artifact, transition and presence of rare earth elements were determined. At the same time, because the majority of tessera is composed of limestone, it is determined that there are high Ca elements in their structures and these results support the results obtained by petrography analysis. According to petrography analysis; the majority of the tessera are limestone, siltstone, clay stone and radiolarite rock species and just one rock type is not determined. It is concluded that these rock types are found in Antakya and surrounding of the region. When the tissue characteristics of tesserae samples were evaluated, it was seen that the tesserae belonging to the limestone species had micritic and sparitic texture and the other rock types had crystalline and clastic texture. When the hardness levels of tesserae samples were examined, it was found that the hardest tesserae was tesserae of the radiolith rock type (4,5- 5 mohs) and the others were generally (2- 3 mohs).

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Archaeology

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Mahmut Aydın This is me
0000-0003-4707-5387
Türkiye

Fatima Kavşut This is me
0000-0002-1319-3927
Türkiye

Publication Date

November 30, 2021

Submission Date

July 9, 2020

Acceptance Date

September 8, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Number: 14

APA
Aydın, M., & Kavşut, F. (2021). Determination of the Type and Origin of Stone Tesseras Used in Antiochian Mosaics, Museum Hotel Example. Journal of Mosaic Research, 14, 13-28. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.1012045
AMA
1.Aydın M, Kavşut F. Determination of the Type and Origin of Stone Tesseras Used in Antiochian Mosaics, Museum Hotel Example. JMR. 2021;(14):13-28. doi:10.26658/jmr.1012045
Chicago
Aydın, Mahmut, and Fatima Kavşut. 2021. “Determination of the Type and Origin of Stone Tesseras Used in Antiochian Mosaics, Museum Hotel Example”. Journal of Mosaic Research, nos. 14: 13-28. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.1012045.
EndNote
Aydın M, Kavşut F (November 1, 2021) Determination of the Type and Origin of Stone Tesseras Used in Antiochian Mosaics, Museum Hotel Example. Journal of Mosaic Research 14 13–28.
IEEE
[1]M. Aydın and F. Kavşut, “Determination of the Type and Origin of Stone Tesseras Used in Antiochian Mosaics, Museum Hotel Example”, JMR, no. 14, pp. 13–28, Nov. 2021, doi: 10.26658/jmr.1012045.
ISNAD
Aydın, Mahmut - Kavşut, Fatima. “Determination of the Type and Origin of Stone Tesseras Used in Antiochian Mosaics, Museum Hotel Example”. Journal of Mosaic Research. 14 (November 1, 2021): 13-28. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.1012045.
JAMA
1.Aydın M, Kavşut F. Determination of the Type and Origin of Stone Tesseras Used in Antiochian Mosaics, Museum Hotel Example. JMR. 2021;:13–28.
MLA
Aydın, Mahmut, and Fatima Kavşut. “Determination of the Type and Origin of Stone Tesseras Used in Antiochian Mosaics, Museum Hotel Example”. Journal of Mosaic Research, no. 14, Nov. 2021, pp. 13-28, doi:10.26658/jmr.1012045.
Vancouver
1.Mahmut Aydın, Fatima Kavşut. Determination of the Type and Origin of Stone Tesseras Used in Antiochian Mosaics, Museum Hotel Example. JMR. 2021 Nov. 1;(14):13-28. doi:10.26658/jmr.1012045

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