Architectural Energetics in Archaeology - Analytical Expansions and Global Explorations (Paperback)

Archaeologists and the public at large have long been fascinated by monumental architecture built by past societies. Whether considering the earthworks in the Ohio Valley or the grandest pyramids in Egypt and Mexico, people have been curious as to how pre-modern societies with limited technology were capable of constructing monuments of such outstanding scale and quality. Architectural energetics is a methodology within archaeology that generates estimates of the amount of labor and time allocated to construct these past monuments. This methodology allows for detailed analyses of architecture and especially the analysis of the social power underlying such projects. Architectural Energetics in Archaeology assembles an international array of scholars who have analyzed architecture from archaeological and historic societies using architectural energetics. It is the first such volume of its kind. In addition to applying architectural energetics to a global range of architectural works, it outlines in detail the estimates of costs that can be used in future architectural analyses. This volume will serve archaeology and classics researchers, and lecturers teaching undergraduate and graduate courses related to social power and architecture. It also will interest architects examining past construction and engineering projects.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2020
Editors:	Leah McCurdy • Elliot M. Abrams
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-66201-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeological theory Promotions
LSN:	0-367-66201-9
Barcode:	9780367662011

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