From Concept to Monument: Time and Costs of Construction in the Ancient World: Papers in Honour of Janet DeLaine

The book "From Concept to Monument: Time and Costs of Construction in the Ancient World" celebrates Janet DeLaine's influential work on Roman architecture and construction. It provides valuable insights into individual structures and the processes involved in creating ancient buildings. The volume collects papers from an international conference held in her honor, focusing on modeling construction costs over 2,500 years. The papers cover a wide chronological and geographical area, exploring themes such as architectural creation, raw materials, transport, and construction processes.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 450 pages
Publication date: 13 July 2023
Publisher: Archaeopress

From Concept to Monument: Time and Costs of Construction in the Ancient World is a celebration of Janet DeLaine's groundbreaking work on Roman architecture and construction. As one of the foremost scholars of the past decades, her pioneering research has provided invaluable insights not only into individual structures in central Italy but also into the processes involved in creating ancient buildings. Her approach has laid the foundation for scholars to understand Roman buildings in their proper social and economic contexts.

The volume comprises papers presented at an international conference held in honor of Janet at Wolfson College, Oxford, in January 2020. The diverse contributions focus on modeling the costs of construction across a span of 2,500 years, from the Bronze Age Greece to the early Middle Ages. They explore both broader methodological issues and specific case studies, with a particular emphasis on the laborious steps involved in architectural creation, such as the extraction of raw materials (e.g., quarries), transportation, and construction processes on building sites.

The papers not only cover a vast chronological and geographical area of the ancient world but also delve into many of the themes explored by Janet throughout her career on Roman architecture, urbanism, building technologies, materials, and design principles. The wide range of papers reflects the scope and vitality of Janet's scholarship on Roman architecture and her immense contribution to the discipline.

Weight: 1524g
Dimension: 204 x 289 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789694222