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The Passio Sanctorum Quattuor Coronatorum: a petrological approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

D. P. S. Peacock
D. P. S. Peacock*
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Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, England
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A geological look at the hard evidence of Roman stone in central Europe illuminates a major documentary source for the human experience of Roman quarrying.

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Antiquity , Volume 69 , Issue 263 , June 1995 , pp. 362 - 368
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1995

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