From Concept to Monument: Time and Costs of Construction in the Ancient World

• Utgivningsdatum: 2023-07-13
• Mått: 206 x 287 x 20 mm
• Vikt: 1 420 g
• Format: Häftad
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 444
• Förlag: Archaeopress
• ISBN: 9781789694222

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Simon J. Barker is a specialist in many aspects of the ancient world, including Roman architecture and the building industry, late antique urbanism, and recycling practices. An additional focus is the application of architectural energetics to questions of construction and the economy, with emphasis on the labour of stone-working and the cost of stone architectural decoration.Christopher Courault holds a PhD from the University of Cordoba (Spain) with international mention (University of Edinburgh). He is a member of the research group Ciudades de Andalucía, and from 2017 he has been an associate researcher at the University of Geneva. His primary interest lies in the construction of city walls from the Republican to Islamic period.Javier Á. Domingo holds a PhD in Archaeology from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili of Tarragona and has taught Christian Archaeology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome since 2014. His research and publications have focused on Roman and late Roman architectural decoration.Dominik Maschek has published widely on Roman archaeology, architecture and construction, including three monographs, four edited volumes and numerous peer-reviewed papers and book-chapters. He is the director of excavations at the Roman site of Carnuntum (Austria) and of a battlefield archaeology project at Fregellae (Italy).

<p><em>‘In conclusione, questo volume, … raccoglie una serie di contributi che, affondando le proprie radici metodologiche nei lavori di Janet DeLaine … ne propongono l’applicazione in ambiti territoriali, contesti edilizi e cronologie molto diversificati. Si apprezzano, in particolar modo, la ricchezza e la qualità dell’apparato fotografico e la scelta … di proporre tabelle di sintesi e di confronto, che facilitano la comprensione dei dati proposti.’ </em>[translated: <em>In conclusion, this volume … gathers a series of contributions that, rooted in the methodological work of Janet DeLaine … propose their application in a variety of territorial areas, architectural contexts, and time periods. Special appreciation goes to the richness and quality of the photographic apparatus and the choice … to present summary and comparison tables that facilitate the understanding of the data provided.</em>] – <strong>Silvia Gazzoli (2024): <em>MARMORA 20</em></strong></p>

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