3rd IRAAR Conference ‘Quarries and rock-cut sites through the lens of archaeology’

The two-day conference, organised by the IRAAR group, will take place at the University of Edinburgh (UK). This conference explores the multifaceted relationships between humans and stone through an archaeological lens on quarrying, rock-cut architecture/site, and rock art. By addressing challenges of extraction, technological adaptation, and symbolic and practical engagements with rock, as well as heritage and recent research, the event fosters interdisciplinary dialogue on the transformation of rocky landscapes across time and space.

Tracing stability in a moving landscape: geoarchaeology of quarrying in the Carrara marble basin (Italy)
Claudia Sciuto (MAPPALAB), con Marialucia Amadio (University of Siena), Stefano Genovesi (Director of the Marble Museum of Carrara) e Giulia Picchi (Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le province di Lucca e Massa Carrara)

A landscape in constant transformation, where extraction continuously erases and rewrites traces of the past. In the marble quarrying basin of Carrara, this contribution presents an integrated geoarchaeological approach to investigate highly reworked contexts, where stratigraphic continuity is often fragmented or absent.