Ancient building technology

Author(s)

• Wright, G. R. H. (George R. H.)

Bibliographic Information

Ancient building technology

by G.R.H. Wright

（Technology and change in history, v. 4, 7/1-2, 12/1-2）

Brill, 2000-

• v. 1
• v. 2, set
• v. 2, pt. 1
• v. 2, pt. 2
• v. 3, set
• v. 3, pt. 1
• v. 3, pt. 2

Note

Contents. v. 1. Historical background -- v. 2, pt. 1. Materials : text -- v. 2, pt. 2. Materials : illustrations -- v. 3, pt. 1. Construction : text -- v. 3, pt. 2. Construction : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9789004099692

Description

Ancient Building Technology is the first modern English-language survey of building technology in a period from prehistory to the end of the Classical World in the region of Europe, the Middle East and the Mediterranean basin. After an historical survey of construction from first shelters to late antique building, the volume considers materials of construction, structural systems (framed, load-bearing etc.), processes of construction (project drawings, site preparations, equipment and works organisation), forms of constructions (foundations, walls, floors etc.) and concludes with a discussion of the evolution and diffusion of building technology and of the role of social and technical factors, culture and civilisation in its development.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction I. Historical Survey (A) Palaeontological background (B) First Shelters - Later Palaeolithic (C) Domestic Building in the Middle East - Neolithic, Chalcolithic (D) Monumental Building - ca. 3000 BC - 500 AD. 1. Megalithic Construction 2. Mesopotamian Construction 3. Egyptian Construction 4. Levanto-Aegaean Construction 5. Classical Greek Construction 6. Roman Construction 7. Late Antique Construction - Western and Eastern 8. Resume II. Materials of Construction Their winning/manufacture, processing and utilisation with tools of trace (A) Wood (B) Earth/Clay (C) Stone (D) Lime/Gypsum (E) Bitumen (F) Glass (G) Metal III. Structural Systems Framed, Load bearing, Trabeated, Arcuated IV. Processes of Construction (A) Statistical Analysis and Calculation (B) Project Drawings and Specifications (C) Site Preparation, Installation and Equipment (D) Works Organisation V. Forms of Construction (A) Foundations (B) Walls (C) Point Supports (D) Floors (E) Doors (F) Windows (G) Steps (H) Roofs VI. Conclusions (A) Formation of Building Technology: Evolution - Diffusion (B) Development of Building Technology: Technical and Social Factors (C) Change and Progress in Building Technology (D) Building Technology, Culture and Civilisation Index.

Volume

v. 2, set ISBN 9789004140073

Description

This resume study deals with building material, which together with construction and structures, forms one of the three aspects of building, or equally one of the three factors which constitute the nature of a building. Unlike existing manuals on ancient building, this offers an analytic presentation and the subject matter extends across all ages and regions. The treatment of materials is set out according to a paradigm of nature, manufacture and use, so as to facilitate direct comparison between different modes of the one material, as also between different materials and between different building traditions. This second part is published in two volumes, the first containing texts, the second more than 300 illustrations. All volumes of the print edition will become available in individual e-books: 9789004531543 (volume 1) - 9789004531550 (volume 2).

Volume

v. 3, set ISBN 9789004177451

Description

Building construction is the subject of this third part of the Ancient Building Technology set dealing with the history of building and building materials). Beginning with the formulation of a project it goes on to discuss preliminary site surveying and setting out, followed by building site development and its attendant installations, and then examines the disposition of the various building materials in building construction from pre-history to the end of antiquity.

Table of Contents

VOLUME I The Limits of the Ancient World' vi List of Illustrations xvii Abbreviations in General References xxxv Introduction xxxvii Chapter One: Preparatory Measures 1 Chapter Two: Setting out 17 Chapter Three: Building Site Development and Installations 41 Chapter Four: Wood Construction 111 Chapter Five: Stone Construction 139 Chapter Six: Brick (Earth/Clay) Construction 229 Chapter Seven: Roman Concrete Construction 269 Conclusion 285 Index 299 VOLUME II List of Illustrations vii Abbreviations in Captions xxiii Introduction xxix Illustrations 1-415 1

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Details

• NCID: BA46865150
• ISBN:
  • 9004099697
  • 9004140077
  • 9004144889
  • 9004144897
  • 9789004177451
  • 9789004177468
  • 9789004177475
• LCCN: 00023040
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 30 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA31560863