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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publications
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Author: Dotawo: a Journal of Nubian Studies
Author: Dotawo JournalPublisher: punctum books
ISBN: 0692220860
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
"Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies offers a platform in which the old meets the new, in which archaeological, papyrological, and philological research into Meroitic, Old Nubian, Coptic, Greek, and Arabic sources confront current investigations in modern anthropology and ethnography, Nilo-Saharan linguistics, and critical and theoretical approaches present in post-colonial and African studies. Dotawo gives a common home to the past, present, and future of one of the richest areas of research in African studies. It offers a crossroads where papyrus can meet internet, scribes meet critical thinkers, and the promises of growing nations meet the accomplishments of old kingdoms.The third volume of Dotawo, guest-edited by Marc Maillot, is dedicated to Know-Hows and Techniques in Ancient Sudan. This collection of articles is the result of a workshop held at Lille University on September 5 and 6, 2013, which brought together several Sudanese archaeology scholars, from architecture to iron production through pottery and textile industry. Organized by Faïza Drici, Marie Evina, and Romain David, with the support of Charles de Gaulle-Lille 3 University and the laboratoire de recherche Halma-Ipel UMR 8164 (Centre national de recherche scientifique - CNRS), this workshop was presided over by Vincent Rondot (present Director of the Egyptian Antiquities Department of the Louvre Museum and former Director of Section française de la direction des antiquités du Soudan - SFDAS). The idea of an academic publication of this workshop in Dotawo was presented by Marc Maillot (SFDAS) in September 2014, during the 13th International Conference for Nubian Studies. The project was warmly welcomed by the editorial committee, and gave birth to a fruitful SFDAS/Dotawo cooperation that started a year ago."
Quality Control in Road Construction
Author: Michel RubanPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789058092649
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
A translation and fully updated version of the French title "Controles de qualit en construction routi re", 1987. This book presents the total panorama of the methods and means available to the various interveners.
Dictionary of Civil Engineering
Author: Jean-Paul KurtzPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0306484749
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1520
Book Description
I am pleased to present a work which marks a milestone in the history of public works and, more precisely, in that of permanent structures—a comprehensive dictionary of Civil Engineering terms. Since the beginning of time, Man has always tried to find a means to clear the obstacles which nature erected to displace him. With the first tree trunk thrown across a river, man sought to improve the crossing structure. After the invention of the wheel, and to satisfy his thirst for conquest (Roman ways), and comfort (aqueducts), man built bridges that became a preremptory necessity to move quickly. Thus, Man started to build wooden and masonry works. With the passing centuries, the builders became masters in the art of building masonry works. Then came the Industrial Revolution and the advent of the steel (1864), which was closely followed by the invention of the reinforced concrete (1855). The need for railways and improving the road network inspired great works of crossing such as viaducts and tunnels. The boom of the railway network and the development of the car required the construction of an increasing number of new structures. This phenomenon continues today with hundreds of structures built each year throughout the world.
The Long Lives of Medieval Art and Architecture
Author: Jennifer M. FeltmanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351181106
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Traditional histories of medieval art and architecture often privilege the moment of a work’s creation, yet surviving works designated as "medieval" have long and expansive lives. Many have extended prehistories emerging from their sites and contexts of creation, and most have undergone a variety of interventions, including adaptations and restorations, since coming into being. The lives of these works have been further extended through historiography, museum exhibitions, and digital media. Inspired by the literary category of biography and the methods of longue durée historians, the introduction and seventeen chapters of this volume provide an extended meditation on the longevity of medieval works of art and the aspect of time as a factor in shaping our interpretations of them. While the metaphor of "lives" invokes associations with the origin of the discipline of art history, focus is shifted away from temporal constraints of a single human lifespan or generation to consider the continued lives of medieval works even into our present moment. Chapters on works from the modern countries of Italy, France, England, Spain, and Germany are drawn together here by the thematic threads of essence and continuity, transformation, memory and oblivion, and restoration. Together, they tell an object-oriented history of art and architecture that is necessarily entangled with numerous individuals and institutions.
Reflective Cracking in Pavements
Author: J.M. RigoPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482271249
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
This book forms the Proceedings of the Second International RILEM Conference held in Liege in March 1993. It follows the successful first conference held in 1989 and focusses on two main topics: the current state of the art of reflective cracking in highway and other pavements, and design recommendations for field applications. As well as more than
Proceedings
Author: International Association for Testing MaterialsPublisher:
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Category : Building materials
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Bulletin RILEM.
Author: International Union of Testing and Research Laboratories for Materials and StructuresPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Concrete
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
DECORATION OF HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN BUILDINGS IN CYPRUS
Author: Henryk MeyzaPublisher: Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych Polskiej Akademii Nauk
ISBN: 8394800459
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description