Geology and settlement : Greco-Roman patterns / Dora P. Crouch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crouch, Dora P., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering geology--Rome.

Engineering geology.

Engineering geology--Greece.

City planning--Rome.

City planning.

City planning--Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study explains the Greco - Roman urban form as it relates to the geological basis at selected sites in the Mediterranean basin. Each of the sites - Argos, Delphi, Ephesus, and Syracuse among them - has manifested in its physical form the geology on which it stood and from which it was made.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. History, Geology, Engineering, and Archaeology; 3. Western Grego-Roman Cities; 4. Central Greco-Roman Cities; 5. Eastern Grego-Roman Cities; 6. Comparisons of Cities; 7. General Conclusions; 8. Physical and Intellectual Issues; Appendix A. Chronologies; Appendix B. Glossary of Technical Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-756045-8

1-280-44351-0

9786610443512

0-19-535943-7

1-60129-931-1

OCLC:

437154882