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This is a comprehensive guide which focuses on the design of the
most commonly found movable bridge varieties, and also provides
information on the mechanical systems which generate the movement -
an area with which most bridge design engineers are less familiar,
but require knowledge of in order to design effective structures of
this type. Movable Bridge Design is a unique reference on past and
current structural, mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic design
for engineers in, or about to enter, this interdisciplinary field.
It offers comprehensive coverage of all of the most common movable
bridge types, provides key information on the mechanical systems
which drive the bridges and how this impacts on design
considerations.
This is the second volume arising from the 1994-2003 excavations of
the Triconch Palace at Butrint (Albania), which charted the history
of a major Mediterranean waterfront site from the 2nd to the 15th
centuries AD. The sequence (Butrint 3: Excavations at the Triconch
Palace: Oxbow, 2011) included the development of a palatial late
Roman house, followed by intensive activity between the 5th and 7th
centuries involving domestic occupation, metal-working, fishing and
burial. The site saw renewed activity from the 10th century,
coinciding with the revival of the town of Butrint, and for the
following 300 years continued in intermittent use associated with
its channel-side location. This volume reports on the finds from
the site (excluding the pottery), which demonstrate the ways in
which the lives, diet and material culture of a Mediterranean
population changed across the arc of the late Roman and Medieval
periods. It includes discussion of the environmental evidence, the
human and faunal remains, metal-working evidence, and the major
assemblages of glass, coins and small finds, giving an insight into
the health, subsistence base and material culture of the population
of a Mediterranean site across more than 1000 years. The findings
raise important questions regarding the ways in which changes in
the circumstances of the town affected the population between Late
Antiquity and the Middle Ages. They illustrate in particular how an
urban Roman centre became more rural during the 6th century with a
population that faced major challenges in their health and living
conditions.
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Lyra Apostolica (Hardcover)
Robert Isaac Wilberforce, John Keble, John William Bowden
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R944
Discovery Miles 9 440
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Lyra Apostolica (Paperback)
Robert Isaac Wilberforce, John Keble, John William Bowden
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R659
Discovery Miles 6 590
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The ancient walled town of Butrint sits at the crossroads of the
Mediterranean. In its heyday it could command sea-routes up the
Adriatic Sea to the north, across the Mediterranean to the west,
and south through the Ionian islands. It also controlled a
land-route into the mountainous Balkan interior. For much of its
long history it occupied a hill on a bend in the Vivari Channel,
which connects the Straits to the large inland lagoon of Lake
Butrint. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1992, Butrint
covers an area of around 16 ha, but geophysical survey has shown
that at times it was almost twice this size. The site itself is
made up of two parts: the acropolis and the lower city. The
acropolis is a long narrow hill, whose sides are accentuated by a
circuit of walls that separate it from the natural and artificial
terraces gathered around the flanks of the hill. The lower city
occupies the lower-lying contours down to the edge of the Vivari
Channel. This book brings to life this extraordinary Byzantine
town, with chapters on the historical sources, various aspects of
the archaeological excavation and survey, finds of pottery and
environmental remains.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This engaging and well-illustrated volume describes the excavations
of a large urban sector, the so-called Triconch Palace, of the
Adriatic seaport of Butrint. In so doing it adds to the new
paradigm for the development of Roman towns in the Mediterranean.
The book traces the changing nature of this rich and varied area -
from 2nd-century Roman townhouses, to a 4th-century elite domus, to
a Mid Byzantine trading area to late medieval allotments - and
reveals the rhythms of Butrint and its Mediterranean connections.
This is accompanied by discussions of the elaborate mosaic
decoration of the palatial phase and their articulation of elite
living, as well as of in-depth discussions of the implications of
elite and domestic architecture in late antiquity and the Mid
Byzantine period.
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