18678
Author
Kempe, D.R.C.
Title Of Article Chaper
Gandhara sculptural schist: proposed source
Title Of Journal Book
Journal of archaeological science
Volume
13
Issue
1
Pages
79-87
Collation
6 figs., 2 tables, 8 refs.
Publisher
Academic Press
Publisher City
London;New York
ISBN
0305-4403
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Previously suggested source localities for the chloritoid-paragonite-muscovite-quartz schist, the most widely used Gandharan rock, have been examined and rejected. However, an ancient disused quarry near Sakhakot, south of Dargai, in northern Pakistan, has been located and sampled. Chemical and mineralogical comparisons between two quarry samples and a specimen of artifact schist are very close, leading to the proposal that the quarry is one definite source of Gandhara sculptural schist.
Keywords
Stone, schist; rock, petrography microscopy; stone, quarry identification; stone, microscopy petrography; stone, examination visual; stone, analysis elemental; sculpture, stone; ICCROM
pub_id
18678