Main entry:

Lancaster, Lynne C., 1964-

Title & Author:

Concrete vaulted construction in Imperial Rome : innovations in context / Lynne C. Lancaster.

Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Description:

xxii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-264) and index.
Introduction -- Centering and formwork -- Ingredients : mortar and caementa -- Amphoras in vaults -- Vaulting ribs -- Metal clamps and tie bars -- Vault behavior and buttressing -- Structural analysis : history and case studies -- Innovations in context.

Summary:

"Concrete Vaulted Construction in Imperial Rome examines the methods and techniques that enabled builders to construct some of the most imposing monuments of ancient Rome. Focusing on structurally innovative vaulting and the factors that influenced its advancement, Lynne Lancaster also explores a range of related practices, including lightweight pumice as aggregate, amphoras in vaults, vaulting ribs, metal tie bars, and various techniques of buttressing. She provides the geological background of the local building stones and applies mineralogical analysis to determine material provenance, which in turn relates to trading patterns and land use.
Lancaster also examines construction techniques in relation to the social, economic, and political contexts of Rome, in an effort to draw connections between changes in the building industry and the events that shaped Roman society from the early empire to late antiquity."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0521842026 (hardcover)
9780521842020

Subject:

Vaults (Architecture) Rome Design and construction History To 1500.
Concrete domes Rome Design and construction History To 1500.
Voûtes Rome Conception et construction Histoire Jusqu'à 1500.
Dômes en béton Rome Conception et construction Histoire Jusqu'à 1500.
15.34 classical archaeology.
Antiquities.
Concrete domes Design and construction.
Vaults (Architecture) Design and construction.
Architektur
Baukonstruktion
Gewölbe
Archeologie.
Bouwkunst.
Monumenten.
Gewölbe Baukonstruktion Römer.
Baukonstruktion Gewölbe Römer.
Vaults (Architecture) Rome Design and construction History to 1500.
Concrete domes Rome Design and construction History to 1500.
Rome Antiquities.
Rome Antiquités.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 241745
Call No.: BIB 171593
Status: Available