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Author : Åsa Ringbom,Robert L. Hohlfelder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Building
ISBN : 9516533841
Author : Ben Witherington III,Ann Witherington
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781621896913
Art West is enjoying his new life in North Carolina when he gets a phone call from his old friend and classmate and fellow archaeologist, Charlie. It seems a major discovery has been made at a dig at the back of the Vatican property--the tomb of Andronicus and Junia, apostles of the Lord, and other Jewish Christians as well. Charlie is in over his head, and calls in Art for help. What will the Catholic hierarchy make of the evidence of a female apostle right under their own territory? Why has the press suspected the Vatican of trying to bury its Jewish past? Set in Rome and other Italian venues, this novel explores the evidence for women as apostles and leaders in early Christianity, and various interesting aspects of Roman culture--including the famous graffiti artists. Once again Art West and his friends Grace and Khalil are called in to interpret Christian history, this time for the Pope. As the novel demonstrates, Christian history is always full of amazing and interesting surprises.
Author : Fikret Yegül,Diane Favro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 915 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780521470711
Investigates Roman built environments from architectonic and planning perspectives, while celebrating the achievements of the provinces as well as Italy.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780192699992
Author : Warwick Rodwell,David S. Neal
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789252378
Westminster Abbey contains the only surviving medieval Cosmatesque mosaics outside Italy. They comprise: the ‘Great Pavement’ in the sanctuary; the pavement around the shrine of Edward the Confessor; the saint’s tomb and shrine; Henry III’s tomb; the tomb of a royal child, and some other pieces. Surprisingly, the mosaics have never before received detailed recording and analysis, either individually or as an assemblage. The proposed publication, in two volumes, will present a holistic study of this outstanding group of monuments in their historical architectural and archaeological context. The shrine of St Edward is a remarkable survival, having been dismantled at the Dissolution and re-erected (incorrectly) in 1557 under Queen Mary. Large areas of missing mosaic were replaced with plaster on to which mosaic designs were carefully painted. This 16th-century fictive mosaic is unique in Britain. Conservation of the sanctuary pavement was accompanied by full archaeological recording with every piece of mosaic decoration drawn and colored by David Neal, phase plans have been prepared, and stone-by-stone examination undertaken, petrologically identifying and recording the locations of all the materials present. It has revealed that both the pavements and tombs include a range of exotic stone types. The Cosmati study has shed fresh light on every aspect of the unique series of monuments in Westminster Abbey; this work will fill a major lacuna in our knowledge of 13th-century English art of the first rank, and will command international interest.
Author : Ferdinand Gregorovius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Emperors
ISBN : WISC:89079747952
Author : Mark L. Lawall,John Lund
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9788771240887
Archaeologist are increasingly focusing on the transformation of artifacts from their use in the past to their appearance in the archaeological record, trying to identiy the natural and cultural processes that created the archaeological record we study today. In Classical Archaeology, attention to these processes received an impetus by J. Theodore Pena's 2007 monograph, Roman Pottery in the Archaeological Record, which considered how ceramic vessels were made, used and stayed in use serving various secondary purposes, before finally being discarded. Pena relied mainly on evidence from Roman Italy, which raises the question of the impact of similar cultural forces on pottery from other periods and places. His work accentuates the need to continue the process of building and developing explicit interpretive models of ceramic life-histories in Mediterranean archeology. With a view to beginning to address these challenges, the editors invited a group of specialists in the pottery of Greece and the rest of the Eastern Mediterranean to a colloquium in Athens in June 2008, asking the contributors to recondiser Pena's general models, approaches and examples from their own particular geographic and cultural perspectives. This publication constitutes the proceedings of this colloquium.
Author : Patrick Sean Quinn
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789699425
Thin section ceramic petrography is a versatile interdisciplinary analytical tool for the characterization and interpretation of archaeological pottery. Using over 200 photomicrographs of thin sections from a diverse range of artefacts, time periods and geographic regions, this provides comprehensive guidelines for their study within archaeology.
Author : Chloë N. Duckworth,Andrew Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780192604873
The recycling and reuse of materials and objects were extensive in the past, but have rarely been embedded into models of the economy; even more rarely has any attempt been made to address the scale of these practices. Recent developments, including the use of large datasets, computational modelling, and high-resolution analytical chemistry are increasingly offering the means to reconstruct recycling and reuse, and even to approach the thorny issue of quantification. This volume is the first to bring together these new approaches, and the first to present a consideration of recycling and reuse in the Roman economy, taking into account a range of materials and using a variety of methodological approaches. It presents integrated, cross-referential evidence for the recycling and reuse of textiles, papyrus, statuary and building materials, amphorae, metals, and glass, and examines significant questions about organization, value, and the social meaning of recycling.
Author : Allison L. C. Emmerson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198852759
Defined by borders both physical and conceptual, the Roman city stood apart as a concentration of life and activity that was legally, economically, and ritually divided from its rural surroundings. Death was a key area of control, and tombs were relegated outside city walls from the Republican period through Late Antiquity. Given this separation, an unexpected phenomenon marked the Augustan and early Imperial periods: Roman cities developed suburbs, built-up areas beyond their boundaries, where the living and the dead came together in densely urban environments. Life and Death in the Roman Suburb examines these districts, drawing on the archaeological remains of cities across Italy to understand the character of Roman suburbs and to illuminate the factors that led to their rise and decline, focusing especially on the tombs of the dead. Whereas work on Roman cities has tended to pass over funerary material, and research on death has concentrated on issues seen as separate from urbanism, Emmerson introduces a new paradigm, considering tombs within their suburban surroundings of shops, houses, workshops, garbage dumps, extramural sanctuaries, and major entertainment buildings, in order to trace the many roles they played within living cities. Her investigations show how tombs were not passive memorials, but active spaces that facilitated and furthered the social and economic life of the city, where relationships between the living and the dead were an enduring aspect of urban life.
Author : Marcello Mogetta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781108997478
In this study, Marcello Mogetta examines the origins and early dissemination of concrete technology in Roman Republican architecture. Framing the genesis of innovative building processes and techniques within the context of Rome's early expansion, he traces technological change in monumental construction in long-established urban centers and new Roman colonial cites founded in the 2nd century BCE in central Italy. Mogetta weaves together excavation data from both public monuments and private domestic architecture that have been previously studied in isolation. Highlighting the organization of the building industry, he also explores the political motivations and cultural aspirations of patrons of monumental architecture, reconstructing how they negotiated economic and logistical constraints by drawing from both local traditions and long-distance networks. By incorporating the available evidence into the development of concrete technology, Mogetta also demonstrates the contributions of anonymous builders and contractors, shining a light on their ability to exploit locally available resources.
Author : Silke Muth,Peter Schneider,Mike Schnelle,Peter De Staebler
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785701429
Dedicated to the investigation of fortifications as important and integral elements of ancient built space, the present volume results from the activity of the German based international research network Fokus Fortifikation. Ancient Fortifications in the Eastern Mediterranean and is intended as a guide to research on ancient fortifications and a source of inspiration for new research. Ancient city walls and other fortification structures have long been underestimated. Since the early years of the 21st century, research on ancient fortifications has experienced an international boom, particularly amongst young researchers. They approached the study of fortifications with fresh ideas and new aims, and felt the need to discuss the problems and potentials of these monuments and to develop harmonized research methods and objectives. The outcome is the present bilingual (English and German) book, which offers a condensed view of the network’s extended conversations. The goal is not so much to offer an overview on the development of ancient fortifications, but rather to present versatile and diverse approaches to their research and interpretation and to serve as a kickoff for a new understanding of this category of ancient buildings. The book is divided into two parts: the first part includes 12 chapters on methods of interpretation, documentation, and field project organization; the systematic description and presentation of fortifications; the ‘building experience’; masonry forms and techniques; defensive, symbolic, and urbanistic functions and aspects; on fortifications in written sources, the visual arts, and as a historical source; and on regional and rural fortifications, and regionally confined phenomena. Part two is a catalogue that offers exemplary presentations of fortifications studied by network members; it is arranged in four sections: regions, sites, architectural elements and architectural details. The book is Volume 1 in the new series Fokus Fortifikation Studies. Volume 2 in the series, Focus on Fortification: New Research on Fortifications in the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East (Oxbow Books), the proceedings of an international conference held in Athens in December 2012, will also appear in 2015.
Author : A. Mark Pollard,Ruth Ann Armitage,Cheryl A. Makarewicz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 2313 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119592082
HANDBOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCES A modern and comprehensive introduction to methods and techniques in archaeology In the newly revised Second Edition of the Handbook of Archaeological Sciences, a team of more than 100 researchers delivers a comprehensive and accessible overview of modern methods used in the archaeological sciences. The book covers all relevant approaches to obtaining and analyzing archaeological data, including dating methods, quaternary paleoenvironments, human bioarchaeology, biomolecular archaeology and archaeogenetics, resource exploitation, archaeological prospection, and assessing the decay and conservation of specimens. Overview chapters introduce readers to the relevance of each area, followed by contributions from leading experts that provide detailed technical knowledge and application examples. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to human bioarchaeology, including hominin evolution and paleopathology The use of biomolecular analysis to characterize past environments Novel approaches to the analysis of archaeological materials that shed new light on early human lifestyles and societies In-depth explorations of the statistical and computational methods relevant to archaeology Perfect for graduate and advanced undergraduate students of archaeology, the Handbook of Archaeological Sciences will also earn a prominent place in the libraries of researchers and professionals with an interest in the geological, biological, and genetic basis of archaeological studies.
Author : Andrej Gaspari,Jernej Rihter,Petra Vojaković,Rok Klasinc,Anja Vintar,Borut Toškan,Tjaša Tolar,Tomaž Verbič,Matija Gutman
Publisher : Založba ZRC
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789612547981
Modern science started studying the Smlednik Castle over a century and a half ago. However, what might be even more important is the fact that more or less intense conservation works have been carried out at this location for over half a century. Regardless of this there is almost no expert literature on the castle to be found: short papers can be counted on the fingers of one hand, while monograph publications are sought in vain. The situation regarding contributions that promotes cultural heritage is somewhat better. The purpose of the book in front of you is thus clear: to present the history of the research and conservation efforts as well as the findings gained from the latest research in one book. This is the English translation of the original publication in Slovenian Grad Smlednik. Raziskave 2011-2012 published in 2013 as the second issue of the series Monografije CPA. The translation differs from the original in two ways. First, it omits the appendices. Secondly, a chapter on 3D scanning of the Smlednik Castle in 2007 including interactive 3D model is added. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Več kot stoletje in pol je minilo, odkar je moderna znanost pričela s preučevanjem gradu Smlednik, in kar je morda še pomembneje, že več kot pol stoletja potekajo na gradu bolj ali manj intenzivni konservatorski posegi. Kljub temu je bera znanstvene in strokovne literature o gradu izjemno skromna: krajše prispevke lahko preštejemo na prste ene roke, monografske objave pa iščemo zaman. Namen knjige, ki je pred vami, je torej jasen: predstaviti zgodovino raziskav in konservatorskih posegov ter izsledke najnovejših raziskav. Na tem mestu je objavljen angleški prevod izvirnika z naslovom Grad Smlednik. Raziskave 2011-2012, ki je izšel leta 2013 kot drugi zvezek zbirkeMonografije CPA. Prevod se od izvirnika razlikuje v dveh pogledih. Prvič, v prevodu ni prilog. Drugič, dodano je poglavje o trirazsežnem skeniranju gradu Smlednik, ki vključuje tudi interaktivni trirazsežni model.
Author : Jennifer L. Thompson,Marta P. Alfonso-Durruty,John J. Crandall
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813048864
Bioarchaeological studies of children have, until recently, centered on population data-driven topics like mortality rates and growth and morbidity patterns. This volume examines emerging issues in childhood studies, looking at historic and prehistoric contexts and framing questions about the nature and quality of children’s lives. How did they develop their social identity? Were they economic actors in early civilizations? Does their health reflect the larger community? Comparing and contrasting field research from a variety of sites across Europe and the Americas, the contributors to this volume demonstrate that children not only have unique experiences but they also share, cross-culturally, in daily struggles. Their lives differ significantly from those of adults due to disparate social identities and variable growth needs. In some of the cases presented, this is the first time that child remains have been examined in any detail, making Tracing Childhood an essential resource for scholars and researchers in this growing field.