This is the first detailed and comprehensive study of the shipshed complexes which housed the great navies of the Greco-Roman world, including Athens and Carthage. These complexes represented some of the largest and most expensive building projects of antiquity, and the volume provides a comprehensive survey of the archaeological and literary evidence. It explains how the buildings were carefully designed to keep warships dry and out of reach of shipworm, whilst enabling them to be launched quickly, easily and safely when ...
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This is the first detailed and comprehensive study of the shipshed complexes which housed the great navies of the Greco-Roman world, including Athens and Carthage. These complexes represented some of the largest and most expensive building projects of antiquity, and the volume provides a comprehensive survey of the archaeological and literary evidence. It explains how the buildings were carefully designed to keep warships dry and out of reach of shipworm, whilst enabling them to be launched quickly, easily and safely when required. It also serves as a handbook for archaeologists who may excavate such buildings, which are often difficult to identify and interpret. The analytical chapters are complemented by a full and detailed catalogue of known sheds, with plans for all the major sites specially drawn for easy comparison. The book thus provides an indispensable guide for all those interested in these buildings and in the maritime infrastructure of the ancient world.
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Like New in Like New jacket. Size: 8x1x11; Hardback book in nearly new condition with just a small publisher's 'damaged' stamp; even so not showing any defects, no splits, no cracks, no pen-marks, just some very minor surface rubbing and moderate shelf wear. Contents are crisp, tight and fresh. Complete with original dustjacket, showing well, sharp and bright. Thus a never read book still in very presentable condition now offered for sale at a sensible price.
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New. C. 617 p. 24 Tables, black and white; 3 Maps; 63 Halftones, unspecified; 63 Halftones, black and white; 149 Line drawings, black and white. Intended for college/higher education audience.
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New. Contains: Line drawings, black & white, Halftones, black & white, Halftones, Maps, Tables, black & white. 212 b/w illus. 3 maps 24 tables. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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New. Contains: Line drawings, black & white, Halftones, black & white, Halftones, Maps, Tables, black & white. 212 b/w illus. 3 maps 24 tables. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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Very Good. Size: 8x1x11; Nice, clean condition, with a remainder mark on the edge of the book and a minor tear on the dust-cover, otherwise it is new, tight binding, clean pages *** Hard-Bound *** Cambridge University Press.
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New. Contains: Line drawings, black & white, Halftones, black & white, Halftones, Maps, Tables, black & white. 212 b/w illus. 3 maps 24 tables. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.