| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 372 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-358) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- 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 -- PART IV. APPENDICES -- Appendix A. Chronologies -- Appendix B. Glossary of Technical Terms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Engineering geology -- Rome.
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Engineering geology -- Greece.
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Engineering geology. |
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Greece. |
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City planning -- Rome.
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City planning -- Greece.
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City planning. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Crouch, Dora P. Geology and settlement. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2003 0195083245 (DLC) 2001021613 (OCoLC)46641868 |
| ISBN |
9780195359435 (electronic book) |
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0195359437 (electronic book) |
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0195083245 (alkaline paper) |
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9780195083248 (alkaline paper) |
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019530182X (electronic book) |
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9780195301823 (electronic book) |
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1280443510 |
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9781280443510 |
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