108415 20230519145456.0 doi 10.1111/arcm.12623 sideral 121537 ART-2021-121537 eng Lapuente, P. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8321-2396 Addressing the controversial origin of the marble source used in the Phoenician anthropoid sarcophagi of Gadir (Cadiz, Spain) 2021 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Dating from the fifth century bce, two Phoenician anthropoid sarcophagi, a male and a female, found in Gadir (Cadiz, Spain), are so far the most ancient marble sculptures found in the Iberian Peninsula. The identification of the source of the marble used to produce them has been a subject of controversy for several decades and has recently resurfaced when it was published that they were made by Phoenician artisans using Iberian marble from Macael. This identification is not only unreasonable from an archaeological point of view but also unsupported by any analytical data. On the contrary, as the sarcophagi belong to an Eastern Mediterranean Sidonian production, their raw material is most likely to be Greek-Minor Asian in origin. In order to shed a light on this dispute and objectively resolve the provenance of the marble, a multi-method analytical approach was carried out. Optical microscopy, cathodoluminescence analyses, and C and O stable isotopes clarify the provenance of the marble, confirming that both singular sarcophagi were carved in a Cycladic marble, in accordance with their Sidonian style. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/PID2019-106967GB-I00 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/HAR2015-65319-P info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 1.915 2021 CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR 29 / 46 = 0.63 2021 Q3 T2 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY 150 / 203 = 0.739 2021 Q3 T3 CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL 69 / 87 = 0.793 2021 Q4 T3 0.871 2021 History 2021 Q1 Archeology 2021 Q1 3.5 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Roda, I. Garcia-M, A.G. Brilli, M. 2000 685 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Tierra Área Petrología y Geoquímica 63, 3 (2021), 467-480 Archaeometry Archaeometry 0003-813X 705458 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/108415/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 1308278 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/108415/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:108415 articulos driver 2023-05-18-14:50:43 ARTICLE