Summary This paper presents the results of carbon and oxygen stable isotope analysis on marble quarries and artefacts from central Lydia, western Turkey under the auspices of the Central Lydia Archaeological Survey (CLAS). The marble survey and sampling programme studied 11 small-scale quarries in the hinterland of the ancient city of Sardis. These quarries demonstrate evidence of ancient tool use, though their precise periods of operation were unknown prior to this study. The results presented here correlate material from these quarries with material previously studied from Sardis and from several tumuli in the monumental cemetery known as Bin Tepe. This study demonstrates that small quarries were important components of ancient social and economic landscapes, and that they are deserving of more consideration in archaeometric and marble studies. The data also point towards different social and economic factors at work in Lydian and Roman-period marble acquisition.

中文翻译：

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土耳其西部利迪亚中部大理石的X射线荧光和稳定同位素分析

小结总结本文介绍了在中央Lydia考古调查局（CLAS）主持下，来自土耳其西部利迪亚中部大理石采石场和人工制品的碳和氧稳定同位素分析结果。大理石调查和采样程序研究了撒迪斯古城腹地的11个小型采石场。这些采石场证明了古老工具的使用证据，尽管在此研究之前尚不清楚它们的确切操作时间。此处显示的结果将这些采石场的物料与先前从Sardis以及在巨大的公墓Bin Bin Pepe的几个瘤中研究的物料相关联。这项研究表明，小型采石场是古代社会和经济景观的重要组成部分，在考古学和大理石研究中值得进一步重视。