Clivus Suburanus (Roma)
Subject
Subject Source: It Raar
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
[77427] [Clivus Suburanus (Roma), tratto sopra la Via in Selci con un'insula di eta' tardo-antica a sinistra] [materiale grafico], 1953
Photographic Materials
Identifier: 77427
Dates:
1953
Van Deman Notes, 1907 - 1929
Collection
Identifier: PA.AAR.VD.N.
Abstract
Esther Van Deman's work focuses on building materials, working to establish a chronology of construction for the ancient sites. In 1907, while attending a lecture in the Atrium Vestae in Rome, Van Deman noticed that the bricks blocking up a doorway differed from those of the structure itself. Such differences in building materials provided a key to discovering the chronology of ancient structures. Van Deman's basic methodology, with few modifications, became the standard procedure in Roman...
Dates:
1907-1929