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Presented within the article are direct and indirect archaeological evidence for the use of compasses on the territory of RN Macedonia during the period of antiquity. The article starts off with a short overview of the origins and... more
Opus Techniques Applied in Roman Walls and Floors
This paper examines the relationship between the design and use of mechanical technology, patronage and investment, and economic return, using three main case studies: water-lifting devices, the water-powered grain mill, and the diverse... more
This book studies six vaulting techniques employed in architecture outside of Rome and asks why they were invented where they were and how they were disseminated. Most of the techniques involve terracotta elements in various forms, such... more
Classical and Oriental sources tell of a precious metal called Corinthian bronze. They agree that it was an alloy of copper, gold, and silver. Together they describe various stages in its manufacture-heat treatment, quenching, leaching,... more
"This paper proposes three new (and tentatively, another two) identifications of sundials in Middle Eastern mosaics of the 5th – 8th century. The author discusses a vignette from the Holy Martyrs’ Church at Tayibat al-Imâm, central Syria,... more
Jacobi gives an overview of the use of saddle querns, rotary querns and mills. He describes remains of a wooden construction of a mill and millstones from the third century AD, found in a well of the Roman fort at Zugmantel. For his... more
Sundials in Roman and Byzantine Mosaics (1st – 9th Century AD). A scientific monograph. The sundials on ancient mosaics have not been the subject of scientific studies so far. The author has gathered together in this publication the... more
(versione IT in arrivo) Sont d'abord présentés les principaux types de Moulins et de Meules, l'origine du Moulin rotatif et le phénomène de son expansion de l'Ebre vers le Rhin au cours de l'Age du Fer. On aborde ensuite le Gabarit des... more
It is hereby proposed that the Romans were directly involved in several major engineering projects which were carried out in Judea. These projects included the architectural planning of Herod's Temple in Jerusalem, the use of Hydraulic... more
This is a scientific monograph. The sundials on ancient mosaics have not been the subject of scientific studies so far. The author has gathered together in this publication the sundials already known (Torre Anunzaiata, Sarsina, Trier,... more
Encadré 5.2 de: Silva, A. J. M. (2012), Vivre au-delà du fleuve de l'Oubli. Portrait de la communauté villageoise du Castro do Vieito au moment de l'intégration du NO de la péninsule ibérique dans l'orbis Romanum (estuaire du Rio Lima,... more
"Editorial introduction available free of charge at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12685-012-0050-2
Table of contents and links to articles at:
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Table of contents and links to articles at:
http://link.springer.com/journal/12685/4/1/page/1
This study presents the results of an analysis of 487 soft limestone vessel fragments found in excavations at Late Second Temple-period Gamla in the Golan. A typology of hand-carved and lathe-turned vessels is provided, taking into... more
A bibliography on Roman olive oil production and trade, compiled as part of the Oxford Roman Economy Project (OXREP).
The origins of the concept of transmutation of base metals into gold are explained. The central tenet of alchemy is considered to have grown out of the gilding operations practiced in antiquity. It is shown that many of the features of... more
Roman Steelyards, Saalburgmuseum
Editorial introduction to a special issue of Water History, on the Roman and Byzantine empires. (Full document available on SpringerLink.) Roman mastery of hydraulic engineering, and in particular of long-distance aqueduct supply... more
The fact that private fountains surpass public fountains greatly in number is one of the conclusions of this paper, which also concerns the delivered quantity of water. The private fountains, and the revelation of their non-domestic... more
A quoi s'intéresse l'archéomolinologie de 1890 à 2020 entre Histoire, Archéologie, Histoire des Techniques, Anthropologie et même Archéométrie? Quelles thématiques? Quelles focalisations? Quelle prégnance de l'Orient ou du moulin... more
The study of winemaking processes in ancient times have traditionally been addressed in a more or less general view with special emphasis on the description of the different archaeological structures preserved in the archaeological sites,... more
Since 1994, a French research team has been developing a virtual model of the city Rome in the fourth century A.D. The architecture reconstruction presented during the CAA 2008 and 2009 makes fast progress (see www.unicaen.fr/rome) and a... more
CELLA VINARIA is the name of an archaeological park located in Teià (Maresme-Barcelona) around an archaeological site called Vallmora that was inaugurated on 20 June 2009. The structures excavated and documented between 1999 and 2005... more
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The water-mill is one of the earliest examples of human efforts to harness natural forces to do mechanical work, and stands as the ancestor of a long line of machines. Water-milling greatly increased per capita productivity in the... more
Based on the excavation in 2004 of two rectangular pits dug into the natural terrain, and related with the manoeuvre systems of two large wine Roman presses located in the archaeological site of Vallmora (Teià, Maresme, Barcelone), have... more
Technological development in olive oil production at Volubilis and in Mauretania Tingitana
Early 20th century Pozzolana quarries in the vicinity of Naples