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Pompeii : art, industry and infrastructure

Poehler, Eric. (Added Author). Flohr, Miko. (Added Author). Cole, Kevin, 1971- (Added Author). Archaeological Institute of America. General Meeting (108th : 2007 : San Diego, Calif.) (Added Author).

Summary: Final three chapters offer a reassessment of the Pompeian street network, a scientific analysis of the amount of lead in Pompeian drinking water, and a thorough analysis of the water infrastructure around the forum that supported its architectural transformation in the last decades before the eruption of mount Vesuvius in AD 79 --Book Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 1842175971
ISBN: 9781842175972
ISBN: 1842175998
ISBN: 9781842175996
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 181 pages :) : illustrations, maps
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Publisher: Oxford ; Oakville, Conn. : Oxbow Books, ©2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Papers from the 108th annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, held in San Diego, Calif. in early 2007.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Introduction / Eric Poehler, Miko Flohr, Kevin Cole -- Art -- 1. Beyond Painting in Pompeii's Houses: Wall Ornaments and Their Patrons / Jessica Powers -- 2. The Sculpture of the Casa di Octavius Quartio at Pompeii / Francesca C. Tronchin -- 3. Porticus and Cryptoporticus in Luxury Villa Architecture / Mantha Zarmakoupi -- 4. Playful Workers. The Cupid Frieze in the Casa dei Vettii / Francesco de Angelis -- Industry -- 5. Disruption or Continuity? The Spatio-Visual Evidence of Post Earthquake Pompeii / Michael Anderson -- 6. Reconsidering the atrium House: Domestic fullonicae at Pompeii / Miko Flohr -- 7. Pottery Production in Pompeii: an Overview / Myles McCallum -- Infrastructure -- 8. What was a via? An Integrated Archaeological and Textual Approach / Alan Kaiser -- 9. Lead Contamination in the Drinking Water of Pompeii / Duncan Keenan-Jones, John Hellstrom, Russell Drysdale -- 10. Practical Matters: Infrastructure and the Planning for the Post-Earthquake Forum at Pompeii / Eric Poehler -- Bibliography.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.