Bridges -- Design and construction

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Marion E. Blake collected miscellaneous materials during her research on Roman buildings (Republic and early Empire) and Roman mosaics (second century, Republic, early and late Empire). Both she and Esther Van Deman took many notes during their archaeological surveys and study trips in Italy, Europe and North Africa. The Blake material, always included in the Van Deman Collection, has recently been discovered and re-evaluated as a unique nucleus. The collection is now an accurate survey,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of photographs of various sites, all produced by A. Henry Detweiler during his trips in Italy, Greece, Asia Minor and the Middle East. The photographs document the ancient architecture, landscape and archaeological surveying of these areas. Some of the images represent people and everyday life in the visited countries.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of photographs of various sites, all produced by A. Henry Detweiler during his trips in Italy, Greece, Asia Minor and the Middle East. The photographs document the ancient architecture, landscape and archaeological surveying of these areas. Some of the images represent people and everyday life in the visited countries.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of photographs of various sites, all produced by A. Henry Detweiler during his trips in Italy, Greece, Asia Minor and the Middle East. The photographs document the ancient architecture, landscape and archaeological surveying of these areas. Some of the images represent people and everyday life in the visited countries.

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...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Marion E. Blake collected miscellaneous materials during her research on Roman buildings (Republic and early Empire) and Roman mosaics (second century, Republic, early and late Empire). Both she and Esther Van Deman took many notes during their archaeological surveys and study trips in Italy, Europe and North Africa. The Blake material, always included in the Van Deman Collection, has recently been discovered and re-evaluated as a unique nucleus. The collection is now an accurate survey,...