Geology and Settlement : Greco-Roman Patterns

by: Crouch, D.P.

 Geology and Settlement
Greco-Roman Patterns
Dora P. Crouch

Description
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.

xii, 372 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

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

Subjects:
City planning
City planning Greece
City planning Rome
Engineering geology
Engineering geology Greece
Engineering geology Rome
Géologie appliquée Grèce
Géologie appliquée Rome
Greece
Greece Antiquities
Historische geologie
Klassieke oudheid
Rome (Empire)
Rome Antiquities
Stadsgeschiedenis (wetenschap)
Stadsplanning

Geology and Settlement : Greco-Roman Patterns

by: Crouch, D.P.

• ISBN-13: 9780195083248 / 978-0-19-508324-8
• ISBN-03: 0195083245 / 0-19-508324-5
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004