Building Roma Aeterna
Subtitle: current research on Roman mortar and concrete : proceedings of the conference, March 27-29, 2008
By: editors, Åsa Ringbom and Robert L. Hohlfelder ; assistant editors, Pia Sjöberg and Pia Sonck-Koota
Series: Commentationes humanarum litterarum -- 128; Commentationes humanarum litterarum -- 128.
Publisher: Societas Scientiarum Fennica
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9789516533844
Subjects: Building; Concrete; History; Congresses; Mortar
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface --; title: Harena sine calce : building disasters, incompetent architects, and construction fraud in Ancient Rome  -- John Peter Oleson; title: Beyond the Eternal City : Roman concrete in global perspective  -- John R. Hale; title: Cementitious materials of the ancient world  -- Linn W. Hobbs, Ruth Siddall; title: The use of lightweight concrete in Rome, Cilicia, and Tunisia  -- Lynne C. Lancaster; title: Archaeological, structural, and compositional observations of the concrete architecture of the Basilica Ulpia and Trajan's Forum  -- Elisabetta Bianchi, ... [et al.]; title: Numerical simulation of the mechanical behavior of opus caementicium : opportunities and challenges  -- Philip Brune, Renato Perucchio; title: Roman hydraulic concrete and the Roman maritime concrete study (ROMACONS) : a summary of recent fieldwork 2005-2007  -- Robert L. Hohlfelder, Christopher J. Brandon, John P. Oleson; title: Roman formwork used for underwater concrete construction  -- Christopher J. Brandon; title: The selection and use of lime mortars on the building sites of Roman Gaul  -- Arnaud Coutelas; title: From kitchen to bathhouse : the use of waste ceramics as pozzolanic additives in Roman mortars  -- Ruth Siddall; title: Military building techniques in Mauretania Tingitana : the use of mortar and rubble at Thamusida (Sidi Ali ben Ahmed, Morocco)  -- Stefano Camporeale; title: Mortar dating and Roman pozzolana, results and interpretations  -- Åsa Ringbom, ... [et al.]; title: ¹⁴C dating of Roman mortars : preliminary tests using diluted hydrochloric acid injected in batches  -- Gregory Hodgins, ... [et al.]; title: Problems in radiocarbon dating of Roman pozzolana mortars  -- Alf Lindroos, ... [et al.]; title: AMS radiocarbon dating of lime-plaster from the Painted House at Petra, South Jordan  -- Khaled Al-Bashaireh, Gregory W. L. Hodgins; title: A comparison of dating techniques at Torre de Palma, Portugal : mortars and ceramics  -- Maia M. Langley, ... [et al.]; title: Participants of the proceedings.