The Wooden Carpentry Of Roofs In Mediterranean Antiquity

Author : Nicola Ruggieri
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 103640238X
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wooden Carpentry of Roofs in Mediterranean Antiquity written by Nicola Ruggieri and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The truss adopts the rational configuration of the non-deformable triangle, optimizing the exploitation of the wooden members’ resistance resources. It is an extremely efficient structural typology that has gone through the centuries in its almost primitive configuration without substantial modifications, for which finding comparisons in the history of construction is difficult. But when was the truss born? This is the first general-interest book to address this question. Using scant but precious ancient literary documentation, the archaeological finds and the iconography of the figurative products that reproduce roofs, the book traces the gradual evolution process of the roof carpentry that led to such an invention. New hypotheses are advanced on the technical achievements of the main Mediterranean civilizations – Egyptian, Minoan and Mycenaean, Phrygian, Etruscan, Greek and Roman – in a broad and ambitious excursion that crosses the whole of Antiquity. The book is accompanied by a rich illustrative apparatus that includes historical and original photographs as well as numerous explanatory drawings.

Author : A. Trevor Hodge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521141123
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Woodwork of Greek Roofs written by A. Trevor Hodge and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the construction of roofs of Greek temples between 600-400 BC in Greece, southern Italy and Sicily.

Author : G.R.H. Wright
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004531556
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Building Technology, Vol. 2: Materials written by G.R.H. Wright and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-03-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This résumé study deals with building material, which together with construction and structures, forms one of the three aspects of building, or equally one of the three factors which constitute the nature of a building. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004140073).

Author : Roger Bradley Ulrich
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300103410
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roman Woodworking written by Roger Bradley Ulrich and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tecnicas Romanas en madera.

Author : Sabine R. Huebner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119143721
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mediterranean Families in Antiquity written by Sabine R. Huebner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive study of families in the Mediterranean world spans the Bronze Age through Late Antiquity, and looks at families and households in various ancient societies inhabiting the regions around the Mediterranean Sea in an attempt to break down artificial boundaries between academic disciplines.

Author : Michael Lovano
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 747 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World of Ancient Greece [2 volumes] written by Michael Lovano and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 747 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book opens the world of the ancient Greeks to all readers through easily accessible entries on topics essential to understanding Greek high culture and daily life. The ancient Greeks provided the foundation for Western civilization. They made significant advances in science, mathematics, philosophy, literature, and government. While many readers might have heard of Plato and Aristotle, however, or be familiar with the classic works of Greek tragedy, most people know significantly less about daily life in the ancient Greek world. This encyclopedia opens the world of the ancient Greeks, spanning Greek history from the Bronze Age through Roman times, with an emphasis on the Classical and Hellenistic Eras. The encyclopedia provides roughly 270 easily accessible entries on topics essential to understanding everything from Greek high culture to daily life. These entries are grouped in topical sections on the arts, science and technology, politics and government, domestic life, and other subjects. Sidebars on particularly noteworthy people, places, and concepts provide related information, while primary documents allow readers to delve into the mindset and feelings of the ancient Greeks themselves. Extensive bibliographic references give curious readers direction for further research.

Author : Annette Giesecke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350259268
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Cultural History of Plants in Antiquity written by Annette Giesecke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Cultural History of Plants in Antiquity covers the period from 10,000 BCE to 500 CE. This period witnessed the transition from hunter-gatherer subsistence to the practice of agriculture in Mesopotamia and elsewhere, and culminated in the fall of the Roman Empire, the end of the Han Dynasty in China, the rise of Byzantium, and the first flowering of Mayan civilization. Human uses for and understanding of plants drove cultural evolution and were inextricably bound to all aspects of cultural practice. The growth of botanical knowledge was fundamental to the development of agriculture, technology, medicine, and science, as well as to the birth of cities, the rise of religions and mythologies, and the creation of works of literature and art. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Plants presents the first comprehensive history of the uses and meanings of plants from prehistory to today. The themes covered in each volume are plants as staple foods; plants as luxury foods; trade and exploration; plant technology and science; plants and medicine; plants in culture; plants as natural ornaments; the representation of plants. Annette Giesecke is Professor of Classics at the University of Delaware, USA. Volume 1 in the Cultural History of Plants set. General Editors: Annette Giesecke, University of Delaware, USA, and David Mabberley, University of Oxford, UK.

Author : George R. H. Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Building Technology: Materials: pt. 1. Text; pt. 2. Illustrations written by George R. H. Wright and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George R. H. Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789004144880
Total Pages : 360 pages
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Download or read book Ancient building technology written by George R. H. Wright and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 962 pages
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Download or read book The Builder written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: