ASMOSIA 3 Stable Isotope Ratios

ASMOSIA 3 Stable Isotope Ratios

An image of an early stable isotope ratio graph. The squares represent new artworks being tested to see whether they fall within known parameters for ancient quarries. Today, the hand-drawn lines are usually created as confidence regions.

N.J. van der Merwe, J.J. Hermann, Jr., R.H. Tykot, R. Newman, & N. Herz. 1993. Stable carbon and oxygen isotope source tracing of marble sculptures in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Sackler Museum, Harvard. In Y. Maniatis, N. Herz, & Y. Basiakos, eds., The Study of Marble and Other Stones Used in Antiquity, ASMOSIA III, pp. 187-198. London: Archetype.