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Ancient quarries show traces of a highly rationalized system of organization, both as far as the actual extraction and the means of transporting the blocks to their final destination are concerned.
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Wurch-Kozelj, M. (1988). Methods of Transporting Blocks in Antiquity. In: Herz, N., Waelkens, M. (eds) Classical Marble: Geochemistry, Technology, Trade. NATO ASI Series, vol 153. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7795-3_6
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