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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
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Background
  • Introduction
  • History, Geology, Engineering, and Archaeology
  • Part II. Case Studies
  • Western Grego-Roman Cities
  • Agrigento
  • Morgantina
  • Selinus
  • Syracuse
  • Central Greco-Roman Cities
  • Argos
  • Corinth Delphi
  • Eastern Grego-Roman Cities
  • Miletus
  • Priene
  • Ephesus
  • Part III. Findings and Reflections
  • Comparisons of Cities
  • General Conclusions
  • Physical and Intellectual Issues
  • Appendix A : Chronologies
  • Appendix B : Glossary of Technical Terms.