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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Pompeii"”.
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The Pompeii of Kansas: Race, Environment, and Memory in Quindaro, 1982-1991
In January 1981, Browning-Ferris Industries entered into a lease agreement with the Kansas City Commission of Kansas City, Kansas to construct a landfill in the historic neighborhood of Quindaro. This agreement resulted in significant protests by the Black community of Quindaro, which challenged …
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The writings on the wall : the spatial and literary context of domestic graffiti from Pompeii
… 11,000 graffiti once covered the site of ancient Pompeii, inscribed upon many buildings in the city including houses, temples, and public buildings. Their messages include greetings, proclamations of love and desire, and bits of poetry. These inscriptions have fascinated scholars since the first …
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The forum and the city: rethinking centrality in Rome and Pompeii (3rd century B.C. - 2nd century A.D.)
… details the development of fora in Rome and Pompeii in order that our understanding of these spaces as 'centres' accounts for their changing relationship with the city, between the third century B.C. and the second century A.D. It is a diachronic study of spatial practice and the …
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Subaltern Spaces in the Ancient City: Cultural Identity, Spatial Memory, and Networks of Meaning in Roman Pompeii
… spaces and identities in the Roman colony of Pompeii—an ancient city notably destroyed and preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE; one that has been widely studied for its preservation of a Roman urban environment that was ‘frozen in time’. The excellent preservation of the site …
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Disgrace and Agency: Pompeiian Gladiators and Infamia in the Julio-Claudian Period
… location, and the ample material culture from Pompeii, for example. In this study, I question how infamia played out in material culture pertaining to Pompeiian gladiators during the Julio-Claudian period (14-68 CE), a time when the popularity of gladiator spectacles rises. Additionally, …
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Per un’indagine storico-epigrafica sulle élites siciliane fra Repubblica e Impero: i corpora di Centuripe e del Museo Civico di Catania (aggiornamenti)
… è stata analizzata soprattutto la famiglia dei Pompeii Prisci Sosii Falcones, non solo per la centralità in ambito provinciale ed extra provinciale, ma pure per il ruolo di attori di mutamenti economici, sociali e giuridici in Sicilia. Le informazioni raccolte vengono codificate all’interno …
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Dynamics of ash eruptions at Vesuvius
… in the periods between the “Avellino” and “Pompeii” Pumice eruptions (AP3, 2,710±60 years B.P.) and after the 512 A.D. eruption, (AS1a). Juvenile fragments from different ash layers throughout the studied stratigraphic sections were fully characterized in terms of external morphology, …
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Ricostruzioni digitali e GIS 3D applicati all archeologia: il modello 3D della Necropoli di Porta Nocera (Pompei)
… delle attività di restauro previste dal Pompeii Sustainable Preservation Project (PSPP), progetto di ricerca internazionale sul restauro architettonico e archeologico, ha fornito il materiale per creare, tramite l utilizzo di PostgreSQL e di PostGIS, una banca dati con estensione …
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Language and the politics of Roman identity
… Suetonius’ biographies; Greek in the graffiti of Pompeii; epigraphic and literary evidence for different languages in the city of Rome. These case studies demonstrate the politics of language in different types of practice and at different levels of society: the thesis argues that the overlaps …
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Toward antiquity-inspired design in materials and construction: Insights into the production and durability of the ancient materials Egyptian blue and Roman concrete
… from ancient water infras3 tructure of Rome and Pompeii. Finally, aggregate-scale lime clasts inform on possible production pathways for both the ancient mortar of the Privernum archaeological site and antiquity-inspired materials of the future. This work provides a characterization framework for …
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Developing artificial life simulations of vegetation to support the virtual reconstruction of ancient landscapes
… and educate visitors include Virtual Stonehenge, Pompeii and the Caves of Lascaux. Entire villages, cities and even caves have been constructed as part of virtual conservation efforts. These digital reconstructions have, to date, contributed significant awareness and interest among the general …
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Stratigraphic and Geochemical Insights into Explosive Volcanism in Northwestern Nicaragua: Case Studies from the Momotombo-Monte Galán Volcanic System and Cosigüina Volcano
… of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. famously destroyed Pompeii, but there is still a great deal left to learn in order to properly forecast the timing and impact of explosive eruptions. This dissertation focuses on expanding our understanding of the eruptive history and triggering mechanisms of …
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ELLIS CLASS MULTI-MISSION RECONNAISSANCE CRAFT SQUADRONS IN COMPETITION AND CONFLICT
The capstone assesses the makeup and capabilities of Multi-mission Reconnaissance Craft (MMRC) squadrons in view of how effectively they could accomplish a given mission. This effort consisted of the development of a MMRC squadron system architecture, which describes the functional and operational …
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Microzonazione sismica di livello III in contesti archeologici: metodologie integrate per la protezione del patrimonio di Pompei
La presente tesi approfondisce la microzonazione sismica di livello III all’interno del Parco Archeologico di Pompei, uno dei siti culturali più rilevanti e vulnerabili al mondo. L’obiettivo principale è la definizione della risposta sismica locale in un contesto archeologico caratterizzato da …
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Curating history: Roman approaches to the material past, c. 100 BC - AD 200
This thesis explores how the Romans constructed their past and what it looked like by using its material remains in the period from the first century BC to the second century AD. Using a combination of texts, objects, and images, I explore themes relevant to the modern fields of heritage studies …