From concept to monument : time and costs of construction in the ancient world : papers in honour of Janet DeLaine / edited by Simon J. Barker [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barker, Simon J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Ancient.

Architecture, Roman.

Architecture, Roman--Economic aspects.

Building--History.

Building.

Building--Estimates--Rome--History.

Building materials--History.

Building materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2023]

Language Note:

Contributions chiefly in English, with one in Spanish and three in Italian; abstracts in English.

Summary:

21 papers focus on modelling the costs of construction over the course of 2,500 years, from Bronze Age Greece to the early Middle Ages. They discuss both broader issues of methodology and particular case studies, with particular attention to the exploitation of raw materials (e.g. quarries), transport, and construction processes on building sites.

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Contributors

Preface. Visionary and Pragmatic: Studying the Nuts and Bolts of Roman Architecture

1. From Tenney Frank to Janet DeLaine: Roman Architecture and Economic History

2. Beyond Labour Figures: The 'Hidden' Costs of Stoneworking and their Application in

3. Reconstructing the Construction Process in Hispania: Epigraphy as a Source

4. Issues Arising from Inheritance Tax Applied to Testamentary Legacies: Legal Aspects of Estimating the Value of Roman Construction Projects

5. Demolitions, Collapses, and the Control of the Housing Market in Rome

6. La construcción del poder omeya. Recursos, costes y ciclo productivo arquitectónico de Madīnat al-Zahrā'

7. How to Define the 'Status' of Stonemasons Employed in a Rock-Hewn Worksite in the Medieval Period: Reflections and Hypotheses

8. The Energetics of Earth and Turf Construction in the Roman World

9. Quarrying Megaliths in Heliopolis (Baalbek, Lebanon): The Jupiter Temple and the Hajjar al Hibla Quarry

10. Quarrying at Mons Claudianus: Costs and Time as Organisational Concerns (?)

11. From Extraction to Transport: Technical and Management Aspects of Quarries of Building Stone

12. L'evoluzione costruttiva della "parte alta" di Tarraco in epoca romana: alcune osservazioni sulla costruzione del cosiddetto Foro Provinciale

13. Labour and its Cost During the Aegean Late Bronze Age

14. Building Accounts, Monumental Construction Projects, and Labour Rates in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods

15. On Toolmarks, Sequence of Carving, and Labour Quantification in Roman Stone Carving: The Case of Heroon III at Miletus

16. Il Peristilio Inferiore della Domus Augustana sul Palatino: organizzazione del lavoro e calcolo dei costi di un'impresa imperiale

17. Quantifying the Forum of Pompeii: Building Economics, Material, and Labour

18. Pompeian Wall Painting in Figures: Labour and Materials

19. The Amphitheatres of Regio X - Venetia et Histria: The Impact of Stone Supplying Cost on Ancient Construction Processes

20. Templi romani giganteschi in Asia Minore: Problemi di costi e di finanziamento

21. Diocletian's Mausoleum in the Imperial Palace of Split: A Review of its Architecture and an Estimate of its Financial Cost

Back Matter.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781789694239

178969423X

OCLC:

1391437808