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

• Autore: Crouch Dora P.
• Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2003; ©2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Disciplina: 711/.42/0937
• Soggetto topico: Engineering geology - Rome; Engineering geology - Greece; City planning - Rome; City planning - Greece
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2004.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Geology and settlement
• ISBN: 0-19-756045-8; 1-280-44351-0; 9786610443512; 0-19-535943-7; 1-60129-931-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783365803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.