Vorträge - Universität Salzburg

Abstracts Primus Conventus Austriacus Archaeometriae - MMIX
It consists of two main databases: The quarry database describes: general quarry information,
localization, material, geological information, dating of quarrying phases, quarry morphology,
signs of treatment, historic infrastructure, semi finished goods, archaeological findings,
authors and literature; The sample database for quarries and monuments describes: sample
information, material, macroscopical -, microscopical -, geochemical -, X-RAY data, material
technical properties, authors and literature. Because of the flexible structure of the analytical
section new methods easily can included.
For the communication in between archaeological sciences and natural sciences a simplified
interactive rock thesaurus was developed on the base of the IUGS rock nomenclature.
Controlled vocabulary, editable by content administrators, for various entries was established.
Interlink between the sample database to various monument databases enable a full
interdisciplinary monument analysis.
The databases can be queried by simple and advanced search methods. The information
system will provide visualisation tools for geochemical data, a photo board for the
comparison of thin sections, and a cartographical visualisation of the search results.
Currently the quarry and sample database contains mainly information and data of Roman
used marbles from the Alpine and Carpathian region. Within the course of the project the area
of the former Austrian Hungarian Empire will be examined.
The marble artefacts of the Roman metropolis of Carnuntum (Austria)
Michael Unterwurzacher 1 , Christian Uhlir 1 & G. Kremer 2
1
Universität Salzburg, FB Geologie und Geographie, CHC, Hellbrunnerstraße 34, A-5020 Salzburg, +43-(0)662-
8044-5420, Michael.Unterwurzacher@sbg.ac.at
2
Institute for Studies of Ancient Culture, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
In the year 6 AD Carnuntum, in the following centuries one of the most important
metropolises in the Roman Empire, was for the first time documented in written sources. In its
heyday the ancient settlement area East of Vienna (Austria) covered about 10 square
kilometres, had about 50.000 inhabitants and was the base of the Roman Danube fleet.
In the territory of Carnuntum more than 2000 stone objects from Roman times were found.
These objects, a lot of them cultic and votive monuments, mainly consist of locally quarried
calcareous sandstones, but about 10% of the stone objects are marble monuments, partially of
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