Open Lecture: 'Marble as Material Form: Geology, Quarrying, and Provenance'

1 October 2024, 4.00 PM - 1 October 2024, 6.00 PM

Bristol Next Generation Visiting Professor Dewey Hall, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

Arts Complex, room TBC

Next Generation Visiting Professor Dewey Hall will comment on the materiality of marble from the Attica Greece. The lecture will discuss the geology of the region, various quarries at Mount Pentelicus and Mount Hymettus, and issues regarding provenance derived from the marble-quarry relationship.

Primary audience: School of Humanities, School of Earth Sciences, and the Cabot Institute

Professor Hall's web profile page

Contact information

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