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Peeters Publishers Cura Aquarum in Sicilia: Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress on the History of Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering in the Mediterranean Region. Syracuse, May 1998
Sicily, with its abundant presence of historical waterworks, served as background for the 10th international conference on the history of water management and hydraulic engineering in the Mediterranean region in May 1998. The conference addressed five themes as a basis for discussion and as a stimulus for new debate and for finding new directions for research. The first topic dealt with the conditions imposed by nature, their influence upon human behaviour and, consequently, the development of water management. The tangible results of human responses to these parameters set by nature were the subject of the second and third theme respectively, that is to say, on the building of aquaducts and the water management of Roman baths. Themes four and five went beyond a mere examination of the archaeological realia: they dealt with the questions whether there was a water shortage or a water surplus in Roman cities and whether the Romans had a hygienic lifestyle. These issues were tabled in order to improve our understanding of the context of ancient water management. These proceedings contain the papers given at the conference, many of them presenting cases from Sicily. There are contributions by archaeologists, historians, geologists, hydraulic engineers and urban historians, all specialists in the field of historical water research. The volume is richly illustrated.
£79.77
Peeters Publishers Cura Aquarum in Campania: Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress on the History of Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering in the Mediterranean Region. Beitrage DES Neunten Internationalen Symposiums Zur Geschichte Der Wasserwir
The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 buried a large part of the region of Campania under several feet of volcanic ash, pumice stone and lava. Pompeii, which was rediscovered in the eighteenth century and where excavations and research have been carried out continuously ever since, is the best known of the cities that were stricken. The disaster "froze" life there, as it were, and as a result we now have a kind of "still-life" available that enables us to study the living conditions in a Roman country town. The same applies to urban water supply, the domestic sanitary facilities and the discharge of sewage, topics that have become increasingly popular among archaeologists and historians during the past years. Pompeii is often taken as a starting-point or benchmark for research because its remains have been preserved so completely. Nevertheless, many problems remain as yet unsolved. Cura Aquarum in Campania, the first conference to be devoted to the water supply system of Pompeii and its surrounding area, aimed at combining the existing knowledge on the subject and formulating new research questions and directions. This volume contains contributions by several specialists in the field of historical water research, with Pompeii and its surrounding area at the focus of attention.
£79.09
Peeters Publishers Roman Toilets: Their Archaeology and Cultural History
Multi-seater latrines, as we find them in Roman Ostia and in many other sites across the Mediterranean, are well known both to tourists and archaeologists, but very few people understand how they really functioned technically or how they may have been perceived in the context of Roman society. This handbook by an international group of specialists in archaeology, anthropology, and classical literature addresses a wide variety of questions regarding toilets in the Greco-Roman world. Chapters on the technology and construction of toilets, on the archaeology of toilets and their contents, on toilets in various ancient contexts (such as in private houses, baths, or military installations), on the impact of toilets on society and personal hygiene, especially in the Roman world, and on the decorations and graffiti from toilets, all combine to make this the most complete study of this important subject to date.
£98.56