Format:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (296 p.))
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0511610513
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9780521842020
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0521842026
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9780511610516
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9780511610516
Content:
Concrete Vaulted Construction in Imperial Rome examines methods and techniques that enabled builders to construct some of the most imposing monuments of ancient Rome. Focusing on structurally innovative vaulting and the factors that influenced its advancement, Lynne Lancaster also explores a range of related practices, including lightweight pumice as aggregate, amphoras in vaults, vaulting ribs, metal tie bars, and various techniques of buttressing. She provides the geological background of the local building stones and applies mineralogical analysis to determine material provenance, which in turn suggests trading patterns and land use. Lancaster also examines construction techniques in relation to the social, economic, and political contexts of Rome, in an effort to draw connections between changes in the building industry and the events that shaped Roman society from the early empire to late antiquity. This book was awarded the James R. Wiseman Book Award from the Archaeological Institute of America in 2007
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521842020
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521744362
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-052-184-202-0
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521842020
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511610516
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