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Geology and settlement : Greco-Roman patterns /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crouch, Dora P. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Engineering geology > Rome.
Engineering geology > Greece.
City planning > Rome.
City planning > Greece.
Géologie appliquée > Rome.
Géologie appliquée > Grèce.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
City planning
Engineering geology
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 372 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-358) and index.
ISBN:9780195359435
0195359437
9780195301823
019530182X
9780197560457
0197560458
9781601299314
1601299311