Building Roma Aeterna: Current Research on Roman Mortar and Concrete, Proceedings of the Conference, March 27-29, 2008 (Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum, 128)

ISBN 10: 9516533841 / ISBN 13: 9789516533844

Published by Societas Scientiarum Fennica 0, 2011

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• Title: Building Roma Aeterna: Current Research on Roman Mortar and Concrete, Proceedings of the Conference, March 27-29, 2008 (Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum, 128)
• Publisher: Societas Scientiarum Fennica 0
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9516533841
• ISBN 13: 9789516533844
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Including articles: John R. Hale, Beyond the Eternal City: Roman Concrete in Global Perspective; Linn W. Hobbs & Ruth Siddall, Cementitious Materials of the Ancient World; Lynne C. Lancaster, The Use of Lightweight Concrete in Rome, Cilicia, and Tunisia; Philip Brune & Renato Perucchio, Numerical Simulation of the Mechanical Behavior of Opus Caementicium: Opportunities and Challenges; Christopher J. Brandon, Roman Formwork Used for Underwater Concrete Construction; Arnaud Coutelas, The Selection and Use of Lime Mortars on the Building Sites of Roman Gaul; Ruth Siddall, From Kitchen to Bathhouse: the Use of Waste Ceramics as Pozzolanic Additives in Roman Mortars; Stefano Camporeale, Military Building Techniques in Mauretania Tingitana: the Use of Mortar and Rubble at Thamusida (Sidi Ali ben Ahmed, Morocco); Åsa Ringbom & al., Mortar Dating and Roman Pozzolana, Results and Interpretations; Alf Lindroos & al., Problems in Radiocarbon Dating of Roman Pozzolana Mortars; Khaled Al-Bashaireh & Gregory W. L. Hodgins, AMS Radiocarbon Dating of Lime-Plaster from the Painted House at Petra, South Jordan; Maria M. Langley & al., A Comparison of Dating Techniques at Torre de Palma, Portugal: Mortars and Ceramics.