Great waterworks in Roman Greece : aqueducts and monumental fountain structures : function in context /
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A presentation of large scale waterworks in the Greek provinces of the Roman Empire. As a collective work, it brings together a wide body of experts from the newly emerged and expanding field of water technology and water archaeology in Roman Greece, and it fills an essential gap in archaeological research.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784917654 (ebook) :
Post-Roman and medieval drying kilns : foundations of archaeological research /
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Drying kilns, corn-dryers, and malting ovens are familiar features in post-Roman, Anglo-Saxon and medieval archaeology, yet few works of synthesis are available. Robert Rickett's pioneering dissertation is published here with additional material from Mark McKerracher which sets the work within the context of more recent studies.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (x, 139 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803270715 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
From vines to wines in classical Rome : a handbook of viticulture and oenology in Rome and the Roman West /
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David L. Thurmond's From Vines to Wines in Classical Rome is the first general handbook on winemaking in Rome in over 100 years. In this work, Thurmond surveys the biology of the vine, the protohistory, history, viticulture, winemaking, distribution and modes of consumption of wine in classical Rome. He uses a close reading of the relevant Latin texts along with a careful survey of relevant archaeology and comparative practices from modern viticulture and oenology to elucidate this essential element of Roman culture.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004334595 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The role of metals in ancient Greek history /
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The first in-depth study of the field in more than 20 years analyzes the role of various metals in the context of Greek economic life, politics, culture and art, traces the movement of metal from ore to finished objects, including works of art, and shows the relations between the regions where metals were extracted and the centres of metalworking, the structure of the workshops and the connections between them and the role of the workshops in economic life at different stages in Greek history. In doing so it adopts a multidisciplinary approach, defining the role of metals in the history of Greek society using the widest possible variety of sources: the excavated remains of workshops and hoards, archaeometallurgical finds; the results of studies of ancient mines and analyses of ancient metal objects; bronze plastics and jewelry, coins et cetera The chronological span of the study is the 8th-1st centuries B.C., id est from the beginning of the main period of Greek colonization till the end of the Hellenistic era. The geographical scope of the work is the Greek oikumene. New to most scholars will be Treister's knowledge of objects and technologies in the eastern Greek and Roman world of the Northern Black Sea and Colchis. While this book does not pretend to be a definitive survey of the history of mining and metallurgy in the Greek world, it is a particularly useful interim report.
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1 online resource (xiv, 481 pages, [61] pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-454) and index. :
9789004329829 :
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Available to subscribing member institutions only.
La route du verre : ateliers primaires et secondaires du second millénaire av. J.-C. au Moyen Age /
: "This book contains papers given at the conference which was organised by the Maison de l'Orient Méditerranéen-Jean Pouilloux and at the 12th Congress of the Association Française pour l'Archéologie du verre, both held in Lyons in October 1997"--P. [4] of cover. : 174 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 30 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 2903264759
Investigations into the dyeing industry in Pompeii : experimental archaeology and computer simulation techniques /
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The scale of processing associated with the dyeing industry in Pompeii is a controversial subject. To determine the scale of manufacturing would allow an understanding of the operation of Pompeii's economy and its part in the Roman World. Previous studies have taken a theoretical approach, and no conclusive answer has been reached. Conversely, this book uses a new multi-disciplinary triangulated approach. A replica was constructed to gauge the operating parameters of a dyeing apparatus within the framework of the principles of experimental archaeology. The remains were re-examined in situ with the new operational and ergonomics understanding. The replica was amended to allow exploration of design features and ventilation. The throughput of the apparatus was placed within the context of the industry with modern manufacturing systems theory.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) : illustrations, maps. :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789697438 (PDF ebook) :
The ancient Mediterranean trade in ceramic building materials : a case study in Carthage and Beirut /
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This study addresses the level of interregional trade of ceramic building material (CBM), traditionally seen as a high bulk low value commodity, within the ancient Mediterranean between the third century BC and the seventh century AD. It examines the impact of different modes of production, distribution and consumption of CBM and how archaeological assemblages differ from what is predicted by current models of the ancient economy. It also explores how CBM can be used to investigate cultural identity and urban form.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784910679 (PDF ebook) :