TY - BOOK ID - 2965335 TI - Concrete vaulted construction in Imperial Rome : innovations in context PY - 2005 SN - 0521842026 0521744369 1107151554 9786610458691 0511191324 0511161395 0511299834 0511610513 1280458690 0511160119 0511160682 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Vaults (Architecture) KW - Concrete domes KW - Voûtes KW - Dômes en béton KW - Design and construction KW - History KW - Conception et construction KW - Histoire KW - Rome KW - Antiquities KW - Antiquités KW - 624.072.32 KW - 72.032.77 KW - 693.5 KW - Arches. Arched beams and girders KW - Romeinse bouwkunst (tot 476) KW - Concrete construction work. Concreting. In-situ concrete. Mass concrete. Reinforced concrete. Prestressed concrete KW - 693.5 Concrete construction work. Concreting. In-situ concrete. Mass concrete. Reinforced concrete. Prestressed concrete KW - 72.032.77 Romeinse bouwkunst (tot 476) KW - 624.072.32 Arches. Arched beams and girders KW - Voûtes KW - Dômes en béton KW - Antiquités KW - Roofs KW - Domes KW - Antiquities. KW - To 1500 KW - Betonnen koepels KW - Design and construction. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Architecture, Fine and Decorative Arts UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2965335 AB - Concrete Vaulted Construction in Imperial Rome examines methods and techniques that enabled builders to construct some of the most imposing monuments of ancient Rome. Focusing on structurally innovative vaulting and the factors that influenced its advancement, Lynne Lancaster also explores a range of related practices, including lightweight pumice as aggregate, amphoras in vaults, vaulting ribs, metal tie bars, and various techniques of buttressing. She provides the geological background of the local building stones and applies mineralogical analysis to determine material provenance, which in turn suggests trading patterns and land use. Lancaster also examines construction techniques in relation to the social, economic, and political contexts of Rome, in an effort to draw connections between changes in the building industry and the events that shaped Roman society from the early empire to late antiquity. This book was awarded the James R. Wiseman Book Award from the Archaeological Institute of America in 2007. ER -