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