Vespasian, Emperor of Rome, 9-79
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
[Domitian Age. 161 paper notes on main specifics of this period: history and monuments], 1907-1929
Papers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of notes taken by Esther Van Deman during all her archaeological surveys and travel excavations in the Roman Forum between 1907 and 1929. It is a rare example of both a personal and a professional archive.
Dates:
1907-1929
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