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Description:With a collection of 57 articles in English, French and German, presenting the most recent research on ancient fortifications, this book is the most substantial publication ever to have issued on the topic for many years. While fortifications of the ancient cultures of the middle east and ancient Greek and Roman worlds were noticed by travelers and scholars from the very beginning of research on antiquity from the late 18th century onwards, the architectural, economic, logistical, political, urban and other social aspects of fortifications have been somewhat overlooked and underestimated by scholarship in the 20th century. The book presents the research of a new generation of scholars who have been analyzing those aspects of fortifications, many of them with years of experience in fieldwork on city walls. Much new evidence and a fresh look at this important category of built structure is now made available, and the publication will be of interest not only to the field of ancient architecture, but also to other sub-disciplines of archaeology and ancient history. The papers were presented at a conference in Athens in December 2012, and they all present material and discuss topics under seven headings that represent the most central themes in the study of fortification in the origins of fortification, physical surroundings and building technique, function and semantics, historical context, the fortification of regions and regionally confined phenomena, the fortifications of Athens and new field research.The book is Volume 2 in the new series Fokus Fortifikation Studies, created by the German based international research network Fokus Fortifikation. The topics included have been identified by the network over many previous conferences and workshops as being the most important and as needing research and discussion beyond the network members. Volume 1 in the series, Ancient a compendium of theory and practice (Oxbow Books) appeared in 2015 and together the two volumes bring the field of fortification studies up-to-date and will be an essential resource for many years to come.Table of ContentsRune Frederiksen, Silke Müth, Peter Schneider and Mike SchnellePrefaceIntroductionPierre LericheWhat Does Studying Ancient Fortifications Mean?Origins of FortificationsRune Frederiksen and Mike SchnelleIntroductionPascal Butterlin and Sébastien ReyMari and the Development of Complex Defensive Systems in Mesopotamia at the Dawn of HistorySébastien ReyMesopotamian Poliorcetics Before Genesis of the Art of Fortification and Siege WarfareNathan MorelloBuilding the Frontier Fortifications in the Assyrian EmpireTomas AlusikFortifications of prehistoric the current state of researchStefanie HubertLate MH and Early LH Some Considerations on the Role of Burials and Grave Monuments at City GatesGabriele CifaniThe Fortifications of Archaic Social and Political SignificanceBaptiste VergnaudFortifications of Central Anatolia in the Early First Millennium BCMike SchnelleOrigins of Sabaean fortifications of the early 1st millennium BC – some suggestions to the examples of the cities Mārib and Ṣirwāḥ (Yemen)Physical Surroundings and The Building ExperiencePeter de StaeblerPhysical Surroundings, Technique, and Building The State of Research in the Network Fokus FortifikationJean-Claude BessacTechniques et économie de la construction des fortifications en méthodes et perspectivesTobias B. H. Helms and Jan-Waalke MeyerFortifying a major early Bronze Age The construction and maintenance of Tell Chuera’s (northern Syria) outer defence worksTurgut Saner, Kaan Sağ and Ertunç DenktaşThe Fortifications of Larisa (Buruncuk) ReconsideredAyşe Dalyancı-Berns and Agnes HenningThe Acropolis Wall on Monte Croccia (South Italy). Building a Lucanian the Economical and Representative Utilization of the LandscapeFunction and SemanticsSilke MüthFunctions and Semantics of An IntroductionHeinz-Jürgen BesteThe Castle Euryalos of SyracuseMathilde Gelin, Jeanine Abdul Massih and Shaker Al ShbibFortifications and Town Planning in its Hellenistic origin and its evolutionWolfram MartiniForm, Funktion und Bedeutung der Stadtmauern von Perge in PamphylienUte Lohner-Urban and Peter ScherrerHellenistische Prunktore – ein wissenschaftlicher Irrtum? Vorläufige Grabungsergebnisse vom Osttor von Side aus der Kampagne 2012Klaus FreybergerThe Function and Significance of Fortified Sanctuary Precincts in the Eastern Mediterranean World during the Hellenistic and Roman PeriodsTimm RadtFortified Palaces and Residences in Hellenistic The Upper Castle on Mount Karasis and Other ExamplesJessica Böttcher-EbersZur semantischen Funktion des Bogens im Stadttorbau. Ein Vergleich zwischen republikanischen und hellenistischen StadttorenSaskia StevensCandentia Moenia. The Symbolism of Roman City WallsMelanie JonaschThe fortification of secondary settlements in late Roman GaulGerda Sommer von BülowThe Two Defe...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Focus on Fortifications: New Research on Fortifications in the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East (Fokus Fortifikation Studies). 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Description: With a collection of 57 articles in English, French and German, presenting the most recent research on ancient fortifications, this book is the most substantial publication ever to have issued on the topic for many years. While fortifications of the ancient cultures of the middle east and ancient Greek and Roman worlds were noticed by travelers and scholars from the very beginning of research on antiquity from the late 18th century onwards, the architectural, economic, logistical, political, urban and other social aspects of fortifications have been somewhat overlooked and underestimated by scholarship in the 20th century. The book presents the research of a new generation of scholars who have been analyzing those aspects of fortifications, many of them with years of experience in fieldwork on city walls. Much new evidence and a fresh look at this important category of built structure is now made available, and the publication will be of interest not only to the field of ancient architecture, but also to other sub-disciplines of archaeology and ancient history. The papers were presented at a conference in Athens in December 2012, and they all present material and discuss topics under seven headings that represent the most central themes in the study of fortification in the origins of fortification, physical surroundings and building technique, function and semantics, historical context, the fortification of regions and regionally confined phenomena, the fortifications of Athens and new field research.The book is Volume 2 in the new series Fokus Fortifikation Studies, created by the German based international research network Fokus Fortifikation. The topics included have been identified by the network over many previous conferences and workshops as being the most important and as needing research and discussion beyond the network members. Volume 1 in the series, Ancient a compendium of theory and practice (Oxbow Books) appeared in 2015 and together the two volumes bring the field of fortification studies up-to-date and will be an essential resource for many years to come.Table of ContentsRune Frederiksen, Silke Müth, Peter Schneider and Mike SchnellePrefaceIntroductionPierre LericheWhat Does Studying Ancient Fortifications Mean?Origins of FortificationsRune Frederiksen and Mike SchnelleIntroductionPascal Butterlin and Sébastien ReyMari and the Development of Complex Defensive Systems in Mesopotamia at the Dawn of HistorySébastien ReyMesopotamian Poliorcetics Before Genesis of the Art of Fortification and Siege WarfareNathan MorelloBuilding the Frontier Fortifications in the Assyrian EmpireTomas AlusikFortifications of prehistoric the current state of researchStefanie HubertLate MH and Early LH Some Considerations on the Role of Burials and Grave Monuments at City GatesGabriele CifaniThe Fortifications of Archaic Social and Political SignificanceBaptiste VergnaudFortifications of Central Anatolia in the Early First Millennium BCMike SchnelleOrigins of Sabaean fortifications of the early 1st millennium BC – some suggestions to the examples of the cities Mārib and Ṣirwāḥ (Yemen)Physical Surroundings and The Building ExperiencePeter de StaeblerPhysical Surroundings, Technique, and Building The State of Research in the Network Fokus FortifikationJean-Claude BessacTechniques et économie de la construction des fortifications en méthodes et perspectivesTobias B. H. Helms and Jan-Waalke MeyerFortifying a major early Bronze Age The construction and maintenance of Tell Chuera’s (northern Syria) outer defence worksTurgut Saner, Kaan Sağ and Ertunç DenktaşThe Fortifications of Larisa (Buruncuk) ReconsideredAyşe Dalyancı-Berns and Agnes HenningThe Acropolis Wall on Monte Croccia (South Italy). Building a Lucanian the Economical and Representative Utilization of the LandscapeFunction and SemanticsSilke MüthFunctions and Semantics of An IntroductionHeinz-Jürgen BesteThe Castle Euryalos of SyracuseMathilde Gelin, Jeanine Abdul Massih and Shaker Al ShbibFortifications and Town Planning in its Hellenistic origin and its evolutionWolfram MartiniForm, Funktion und Bedeutung der Stadtmauern von Perge in PamphylienUte Lohner-Urban and Peter ScherrerHellenistische Prunktore – ein wissenschaftlicher Irrtum? Vorläufige Grabungsergebnisse vom Osttor von Side aus der Kampagne 2012Klaus FreybergerThe Function and Significance of Fortified Sanctuary Precincts in the Eastern Mediterranean World during the Hellenistic and Roman PeriodsTimm RadtFortified Palaces and Residences in Hellenistic The Upper Castle on Mount Karasis and Other ExamplesJessica Böttcher-EbersZur semantischen Funktion des Bogens im Stadttorbau. Ein Vergleich zwischen republikanischen und hellenistischen StadttorenSaskia StevensCandentia Moenia. The Symbolism of Roman City WallsMelanie JonaschThe fortification of secondary settlements in late Roman GaulGerda Sommer von BülowThe Two Defe...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Focus on Fortifications: New Research on Fortifications in the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East (Fokus Fortifikation Studies). 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