The Domus Aurea and the Roman Architectural Revolution

The Domus Aurea and the Roman Architectural Revolution
Author: Larry F. Ball
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 535
Release: 2003-09-11
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1107320364

Nero's palace, the Domus Aurea (Golden House), is the most influential known building in the history of Roman architecture. It has been incompletely studied and poorly understood ever since its most important sections were excavated in the 1930s. In this book, Larry Ball provides systematic investigation of the Domus Aurea, including a comprehensive analysis of the masonry, the design, and the abundant ancient literary evidence. Highlighting the revolutionary innovations of the Domus Aurea, Ball also outlines their wide-ranging implications for the later development of Roman concrete architecture.

Chaco's Northern Prodigies

Chaco's Northern Prodigies
Author: Paul F Reed
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2008-08-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0874809258

A timely synopsis of the archaeology of the Middle San Juan region bringing recent work at Salmon Ruins into the context of thirty-five years of research there.

Altyn-Depe

Altyn-Depe
Author: Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson
Publisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
Total Pages: 234
Release: 1988-01-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780934718547

The excavations at the Bronze Age site of Altyn-Depe in southwest Soviet Central Asia (Turkmenistan) have revealed an urban community dating to the Middle Bronze Age. The region of Turkmenistan forms a natural crossroads between Eastern Iran and Central Asia, and between Siberia and southern Russia and the Indus Valley. Altyn-Depe was important not only for its development as a cultural center in its own right but as a link between the various Bronze Age cultures of Eurasia. The volume is a translation of the 1981 Soviet publication with the addition of several plates representing the earliest strata at the site. The book will be of interest to scholars of the ancient Near East, and more particularly of the Bronze Age and development of urbanization. University Museum Monograph, 55