Cave di marmo Carrara

MARBLE CAVES in “Enciclopedia dell’Arte Antica”

MARBLE CAVES Origin and development of marble quarries in M. Waelkens’ “Enciclopedia dell’ Arte Antica” Origin and development of ancient quarries […] Already in prehistoric times a wide use of easily quarried stone materials is attested. The first marble idols, made from pebbles or bachelors, were widespread in the Aegean world (Peloponnese, Attica, Cyclades) as…