The Origins of Concrete Construction in Roman Architecture : Technology and Society in Republican Italy

1. Verfasser: Mogetta, Marcello.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (336 pages).
Parallelausgabe: Mogetta, Marcello, The Origins of Concrete Construction in Roman Architecture (Print version:) | ISSN: 9781108845687
Online Zugang: Available online for registrated users of FID
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Cover
  • Half-title page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • List of Plates
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • One Introduction
  • Aims and Methods
  • Ground Rules: The Building Industry of Republican Rome and Italy
  • Basic Terms and Definitions: What Is Roman Concrete?
  • The Structura Caementorum in Republican Architecture: Techniques and Processes
  • Dating Concrete Construction: A New Typological Approach
  • The Structure of the Book
  • Two Deconstructing Roman Concrete
  • Roman Concrete and Roman Culture: Words and Things
  • Roman Concrete and Roman Imperialism: Modern Perceptions
  • Roman Concrete and Identity Construction: Ancient Representations
  • Conclusions
  • Three A New Date for Concrete in Rome
  • At the Roots of Roman Republican Architecture
  • The Local Environment: Sources of Building Materials in the Region of Rome
  • Dating Early Concrete Construction in Rome: The Problem of the Porticus Aemilia
  • Redating the Early Development of Concrete Construction in Rome: The Public Monuments
  • Archaeometric Evidence on the Early Development of Mortars in Public Building
  • Redating the Early Development of Concrete Construction in Rome: The Houses
  • The Social and Cultural Context of the Technological Innovation
  • Conclusions
  • Four A View from the Suburbium
  • Roman Republican Villas and Technological Innovation: Previous Approaches
  • Agricultural Intensification and the Supply of Lime
  • Building Techniques in the Volcanic Region: Villa Architecture in the Environs of Rome
  • Concrete Construction and Urban Development in the Limestone Region: Tibur
  • Building Techniques and Republican Villas in the Ager Tiburtinus
  • The Villa Architecture of the Ager Tiburtinus in its Regional Setting
  • Conclusions
  • Five Building Samnite Pompeii
  • Pre-Roman Pompeii and Roman Republican Architecture.
  • Building Materials and the Architectural History of Pre-Roman Pompeii
  • Reframing the Limestone Period
  • The Origins of Cemented-Rubble Construction in Pompeian Houses: Materials and Processes
  • The Diffusion of Concrete Technology in Public Building
  • Technology and Socioeconomic Status: The Innovation of Concrete Construction in Pompeii
  • Pompeian Concrete Construction in Its Regional Context
  • Conclusions
  • Six Colonial Networks
  • Roman Urbanism and Roman Expansion: Reorienting the Perspective
  • Background: The Making of Mid-Republican Colonies
  • The Urban Development of Mid-Republican Colonies: Norba and Fregellae
  • The Early Development of Concrete Construction at Cosa
  • Comparative Evidence from Roman Colonies (c. 200-150 BCE)
  • A Tale of Two Cities: Pozzolanic Mortars at Puteoli and Aquileia
  • Conclusions
  • Seven Conclusion
  • Appendix Catalog of Sites
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography and Abbreviations
  • Index.

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