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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 296 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 278x215x18 mm, kaal: 970 g, Worked examples or Exercises
  • Ilmumisaeg: 09-Mar-2009
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0521744369
  • ISBN-13: 9780521744362
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 296 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 278x215x18 mm, kaal: 970 g, Worked examples or Exercises
  • Ilmumisaeg: 09-Mar-2009
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0521744369
  • ISBN-13: 9780521744362
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Concrete Vaulted Construction in Imperial Rome examines 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 suggests 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. This book was awarded the James R. Wiseman Book Award from the Archaeological Institute of America in 2007.

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'Lancaster's arguments mark a more sophisticated approach to the study of Roman architecture than has hitherto been possible. [ H]er extensive on-site studies and simple but handsomely executed line drawings show us how and why Roman vaults and domes stand; how the Romans calculated the strength of their constructions; how changes in materials affected the stability and character of concrete buildings, and how developments in contemporary society determined these changes.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'This is a rigorous fascinating study, and excellent background for a trip to Rome ' The Architectural Review

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This book examines methods and techniques that enabled builders to construct some of the most imposing monuments of ancient Rome.
List of Illustrations and Tables
xiii
Preface xix
Introduction
1(21)
A Note on Monuments and Previous Scholarship
2(1)
How to Use this Book
2(1)
The Nature of Roman Concrete
3(1)
Concrete Vaulting during the Republic
3(3)
Structural Behavior of Concrete Vaults
6(4)
Roman Mathematical and Analytical Background
10(2)
Materials, Transport, and Production
12(6)
The Building Industry in Rome
18(3)
The Innovations
21(1)
Centering and Formwork
22(29)
Assembling the Centering
22(4)
Removing the Centering and Formwork
26(3)
The Use of Brick Linings on the Intrados of Vaults
29(3)
Evidence for Centering Arrangements
32(16)
Barrel Vaults
32(2)
Cross Vaults
34(6)
Domes and Semidomes
40(8)
Conclusions
48(3)
Ingredients: Mortar and Caementa
51(17)
Mortar
51(14)
Lime
53(1)
Pozzolana
54(4)
Cocciopesto
58(1)
Caementa
59(5)
Provenance of Caementa
64(1)
Conclusions
65(3)
Amphoras in Vaults
68(18)
Types of Amphoras Used
69(1)
Early Examples of Amphoras in Vaults
69(6)
Examples of Amphoras in Late Antique Vaults
75(6)
Conclusions
81(5)
Vaulting Ribs
86(27)
Early Development of Vaulting Ribs and Relieving Arches
86(2)
The Vaulting Ribs at the Colosseum
88(3)
The Use of Solid Brick (Bipedalis) Ribbing
91(7)
Ladder and Lattice Ribs in Barrel Vaults
98(8)
Ladder and Lattice Ribs in Cross Vaults
106(2)
Ribbing in Domes
108(3)
Conclusions
111(2)
Metal Clamps and Tie Bars
113(17)
The Earliest Use of Tie Bars
115(1)
Tie Bars in the Imperial Thermae
116(2)
Tie Bars at the Forum of Trajan
118(7)
Spacing of Tie Bars
125(1)
The Use of Tie Bars with Lightweight Caementa
126(1)
Iron Architrave Bars and Impost Blocks at Hadrian's Villa
126(1)
Conclusions
127(3)
Vault Behavior and Buttressing
130(19)
Arches and Barrel Vaults
132(2)
Cross Vaults
134(4)
Domes and Semidomes
138(8)
Conclusions
146(3)
Structural Analysis: History and Case Studies
149(17)
Historical Development
149(7)
Basilica Ulpia
156(1)
``Temple of Mercury'' at Baiae
156(2)
Pantheon
158(3)
``Temple of Minerva Medica''
161(3)
Conclusions
164(2)
Innovations in Context
166(17)
Accumulated Knowledge
166(2)
Evident Need
168(2)
Economic Ability
170(2)
Social/Cultural/Political Acceptability
172(11)
APPENDIX
1. CATALOGUE OF MAJOR MONUMENTS
183(22)
APPENDIX
2. CATALOGUES OF BUILDING TECHNIQUES
205(17)
A. Formwork Imprints on Barrel Vaults
205(1)
B. Formwork Imprints on Domes
206(1)
C. Formwork Imprints on Semidomes
206(1)
D. Brick Linings on the Intrados of Vaults
207(4)
E. Uses of Cocciopesto to Protect the Extrados of Vaults
211(2)
F. Lightweight Caementa
213(2)
G. Amphoras in Vaults
215(1)
H. Vaulting Ribs
216(5)
I. Blocks with Tie Bar Cuttings
221(1)
APPENDIX
3. SCORIA ANALYSIS
222(3)
APPENDIX
4. THRUST LINE ANALYSIS
225(6)
Notes 231(14)
Glossary 245(6)
Works Cited 251(14)
Index 265
Lynne Lancaster is Associate Professor of Classics at Ohio University. A scholar of Roman archaeology and architecture, she has been awarded fellowships from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation, and the American Academy in Rome.