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The world of Pompeii / edited by John J. Dobbins and Pedar W. Foss.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Dobbins, John Joseph, 1946-
Foss, Pedar William.
Taylor & Francis eBooks.
Series:
Routledge worlds
The Routledge worlds
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Excavations (Archaeology).
Pompeii (Extinct city).
Herculaneum (Extinct city).
Naples, Bay of, Region (Italy)--Antiquities, Roman.
Naples, Bay of, Region (Italy).
Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Pompeii (Extinct city).
Italy--Pompeii (Extinct city).
Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Herculaneum (Extinct city).
Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Naples, Bay of, Region.
Italy.
Italy--Herculaneum (Extinct city).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxxv, 662 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Place of Publication:
London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Part I : Beginnings. City and country : an introduction / Pietro Giovanni Guzzo
History and historical sources / Jean-Paul Descœudres
Rediscovery and resurrection / Pedar W. Foss
The environmental and geomorphological context of the volcano / Haraldur Sigurdsson
Recent work on early Pompeii / Paolo Carafa
The first sanctuaries / Stefano De Caro
The urban development of the pre-Roman city / Herman Geertman
Building materials, construction techniques and chronologies / Jean-Pierre Adam
Appendix : a note on Roman concrete (opus caementicium) and other wall construction / John J. Dobbins
Part II : The community. Development of Pompeii's public landscape in the Roman period / Roger Ling
Urban planning, roads, streets and neighborhoods / Carroll William Westfall
The walls and gates / Cristina Chiaramonte
The forum and its dependencies / John J. Dobbins
Urban, suburban and rural religion in the Roman period / Alastair M. Small
Entertainment at Pompeii / Christopher Parslow
The city baths of Pompeii and Herculaneum / Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow
The water system : supply and drainage / Gemma Jansen.
Part III : Housing. Domestic spaces and activities / Penelope M. Allison
The development of the Campanian house / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Instrumentum domesticum : a case study / Joanne Berry
Domestic decoration : painting and the "four styles" / Volker Michael Strocka
Domestic decoration : mosaics and stucco / John R. Clarke
Real and painted (imitation) marble at Pompeii / J. Clayton Fant
Houses of Region I and II / Salvatore Ciro Nappo
Select residences in Regions V and IX : early anonymous domestic architecture / Kees Peterse
Intensification, heterogeneity and power in the development of insula VI. I / Rick Jones and Damian Robinson
Rooms with a view : residences built on terraces along the edge of Pompeii (Regions VI, VII and VIII) / Rolf A. Tybout
Residences in Herculaneum / Jens-Arne Dickmann
Villas surrounding Pompeii and Herculaneum / Eric M. Moormann
Part IV : Society and economy. Shops and industries / Felix Pirson
Inns and taverns / John DeFelice
Gardens / Wilhelmina Jashemski
The loss of innocence : Pompeian economy and society between past and present / Willem M. Jongman
Epigraphy and society / James Franklin
Pompeian women / Frances Bernstein
The lives of slaves / Michele George
Pompeian men and women in portrait sculpture / Katherine E. Welch
The tombs at Pompeii / Sarah Cormack
Victims of the cataclysm / Estelle Lazer
Mining the early published sources : problems and pitfalls / Anne Laidlaw
Glossary.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780203866191
0203866193
Publisher Number:
99980806850
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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