Overview

This work surveys the 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 and so on), processes of construction (project drawings, site preparation, equipments and works organization), and forms of construction (walls, floors, foundations, etc). It concludes with a discussion of the evolution and diffusion of building technology and of the role of social and technical factors, culture and civilization in its development.

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Author:   Wright
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 21.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   1.234kg
ISBN:  

9789004099692

ISBN 10:   9004099697
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   31 March 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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.

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G.R.H. Wright studied history, law and architecture. He taught at the University of Munich and spent a lifetime recording and restoring monuments throughout the Mediterranean, the Middle East, East Africa and Southern India. His many publications include equally works on the History of Architecture and on the History of Religion, as also technical accounts of restoration projects.

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