Architectural Energetics in Archaeology: Analytical Expansions and Global Explorations

Archaeologists and the general public are intrigued by the monumental architecture created by pre-modern societies with limited technology. Architectural energetics is a method in archaeology that estimates the labor and time required to build these monuments, allowing for detailed analyses of the social power underlying these projects. This volume, the first of its kind, assembles an international array of scholars who have analyzed architecture from archaeological and historic societies using architectural energetics and outlines estimates of costs for future architectural analyses. It will interest archaeology and classics researchers, lecturers, and architects examining past construction and engineering projects.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 300 pages
\n Publication date: 30 September 2020
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Archaeologists and the general public have long been captivated by the monumental architecture created by ancient societies. Whether examining the earthworks in the Ohio Valley or the magnificent pyramids in Egypt and Mexico, people have wondered how pre-modern societies with limited technology were able to construct such awe-inspiring structures of remarkable scale and quality. Architectural energetics is a methodology within archaeology that provides estimates of the labor and time required to construct these ancient monuments. This methodology enables in-depth analyses of architecture, particularly the examination of the social power underlying such projects.

Architectural Energetics in Archaeology brings together a diverse group of scholars who have applied architectural energetics to analyze architecture from archaeological and historic societies. This groundbreaking volume is the first of its kind. In addition to applying architectural energetics to a wide range of architectural works, it provides detailed estimates of costs that can be used in future architectural analyses.

This volume will be of great interest to archaeologists and classical researchers, as well as lecturers who teach undergraduate and graduate courses related to social power and architecture. It will also appeal to architects who are interested in examining past construction and engineering projects.

\n Weight: 498g\n
Dimension: 156 x 232 x 39 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367662011\n \n