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Ashlar

Ashlar
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Publisher : Presses universitaires de Louvain
Total Pages : 480
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ISBN-10 : 9782875589644
ISBN-13 : 2875589644
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Book Synopsis Ashlar by : Maud Devolder

Download or read book Ashlar written by Maud Devolder and published by Presses universitaires de Louvain. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focusses on ashlar masonry, probably the most elaborate construction technique of the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age, from a cross-regional perspective. The building practices and the uses of cutstone components and masonries in Egypt, Syria, the Aegean, Anatolia, Cyprus and the Levant in the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC are examined through a series of case studies and topical essays. The topics addressed include the terminology of ashlar building components and the typologies of its masonries, technical studies on the procurement, dressing, tool kits and construction techniques pertaining to cut stone, investigations into the place of ashlar in inter-regional exchanges and craft dissemination, the extent and signifi cance of the use of cut stone within the communities and regions, and the visual eff ects, social meanings, and symbolic and ideological values of ashlar.


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