From the Romans to the railways : the fate of antiquities in Asia Minor / / by Michael Greenhalgh

• Autore: Greenhalgh Michael
• Pubblicazione: Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2013; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (926 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.6/909561
• Soggetto geografico: Turkey Antiquities, Roman Conservation and restoration; Turkey Antiquities, Greek Conservation and restoration; Turkey Antiquities Conservation and restoration
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Introduction: “The Ruins of Departed Greatness” -- 1. The Country and Its Travellers -- 2. Decline and Recycling of Ancient Settlements -- 3. Decline of the Road, Port and Transport Systems -- 4. Waterworks: Aqueducts, Fountains and Baths -- 5. Houses in Wood; Churches and Mosques in Marble -- 6. The Locals: Attitudes to Antiquities -- 7. The Demands of Modernity: Filching the Building-Blocks of the Ancient World -- 8. Classical Inscriptions: Discovery, Reuse and Treasure-Hunting -- 9. We Only Hear about Lord Elgin: Collecting -- 10. Tourism Meets Modernity in Asia Minor -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations.
• Sommario/riassunto: This multi-disciplinary account of the fate of ancient monuments and technologies in Asia Minor studies the processes and their results with the help of archaeology, history, construction engineering, and travel documentation. To clarify changes, their causes and repercussions, it compares infrastructure engineering (transportation, water management, utilitarian architecture) in antiquity with developments over the past 200 years, using the accounts of European travellers and then of excavations. It analyses patterns of and reasons for the deterioration of material life, documenting the perceptions and understanding of Roman antiquities and engineering by populations living amidst ancient Roman art and architecture, roads, and aqueducts. These are complemented by travellers' accounts of the myriad aspects of the plundering of archaeological sites and antiquities.
• Titolo autorizzato: From the Romans to the railways
• ISBN: 90-04-25261-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453317403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Technology and change in history ; ; v. 13.