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Archeologia dell'acqua a Gortina di Creta in eta protobizantina (Italian, Paperback)
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Archeologia dell'acqua a Gortina di Creta in eta protobizantina (Italian, Paperback)
Series: Limina/Limites: Archaeologies, histories, islands and borders in the Mediterranean (365-1556)
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Ancient aqueducts have long commanded the attention of
archaeologists, both for their intrinsic, monumental importance and
for their significance as infrastructures closely related to the
concept of civilisation. An aqueduct, in fact, is an artefact that
has a great potential for providing information concerning at least
two major aspects of ancient society: those relating to structural,
technical, and engineering matters, and those relating to building
and construction technology. These topics have enjoyed considerable
attention in past studies, and in recent years they have also been
integrated with a multi-disciplinary and contextual approach. They
have further increased the potential of the analysis of ancient
hydraulic systems, turning them into historical subjects capable of
expanding our knowledge of the urban and social transformation of
ancient cities and their territories. The current study of the
early Byzantine aqueduct of Gortyn (Crete) follows this tradition,
but starts from a viewpoint related not so much to the aqueduct
itself, as to a series of questions about the city: what was the
appearance of Gortyn in the early Byzantine era? How did the
inhabitants live? Where did they live and what did they do for
living? The aqueduct was born with the Roman city and accompanied
it for its entire lifetime, constituting the backbone around which
the various forms of urban settlement were redrawn at each major
historical stage. Its vital link with everyday life makes the
aqueduct a key witness for the study of the transformations of the
city over the long term.
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