This is a beautifull book, very well documentated and with beautifull pictures. The language is too difficult for me. It is of a high level of geological terms. I've tried to read it for two and a half month, but it's out of my league. ( )

This extremely handsome, copiously illustrated and bilingual book is essential reading for anyone interested in the Romans' settlement and urbanisation of this corner of modern Spain: before them, quarrying was conducted on a minor scale, if at all, but Garcia-Moreno's research reveals a rich seam (sorry) of cultural and economic history by her examination of this most fundamental of industries.