John Peter Oleson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1056019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Peter Oleson |
| GIVEN NAMES | John Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Oleson |
| SIGNATURE | OLESON J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Victoria |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 43 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 42 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Under the Mediterranean I
This is the first volume in the Honor Frost Foundation (HFF) Research Series, which will publish themed sessions from the foundation’s Under the Mediterranean conference program, as well as monographs, theses, and edited volumes, all peer reviewed. The foundation also supports a non-peer-reviewed General Series that will present collections of articles from seminars or round tables, reprints of Honor Frost’s articles, and other works relevant to …
Anna Marguerite McCann, 1933-2017
Geology, Materials, and the Design of the Roman Harbour of Soli-Pompeiopolis, Turkey
The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World
Nearly every aspect of daily life in the Mediterranean world and Europe during the florescence of the Greek and Roman cultures is relevant to the topics of engineering and technology. This volume highlights both the accomplishments of the ancient societies and the remaining research problems, and stimulates further progress in the history of ancient technology. The subject matter of the book is the framework of the Greek and Roman cultures from c…
The Petra Siq
Ancient Written Sources for Engineering and Technology
This article tries to illustrate an idea of the range of extant ancient textual sources for engineering and technology. It also presents a broad outline of how the production of texts dealing specifically with technical matters changed in the course of antiquity. In order to combine the two aims, it proceeds chronologically, focusing on two or three examples from each period, chosen to represent both different types of textual evidence and the te…
The Concrete Construction of the Roman Harbours of Baiae and Portus Iulius, Italy
A Comparison of the Chemical and Engineering Characteristics of Ancient Roman Hydraulic Concrete With a Modern Reproduction of Vitruvian Hydraulic Concrete
The authors have completed structural and compositional analysis of Roman hydraulic concrete using large cores taken from a variety of maritime structures. In 2005 an 8 m 3 block of hydraulic, pozzolanic concrete was built in the sea at Brindisi (Italy), applying the materials and procedures specified by the Roman architect Vitruvius. Cores were taken at 6 months and 12 months after construction and subjected to the same analyses as the first‐cen…
Comment on a Recent Article Concerning the Hydraulic System of the Roman Wreck at Grado, Gorizia, Italy
Constructing the Harbour of Caesarea Palaestina, Israel
The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World (Oxford Handbooks)
Nearly every aspect of daily life in the Mediterranean world and Europe during the florescence of the Greek and Roman cultures is relevant to engineering and technology. This text highlights the accomplishments of the ancient societies, the research problems, and stimulates further progress in the history of ancient technology.
Reproducing a Roman maritime structure with Vitruvian pozzolanic concrete
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Building a Roman Pila in the Sea-Experimental Archaeology at Brindisi, Italy, September 2004
The Romacons Project
Since all long-distance trade in the Roman world travelled by water, Roman harbour design and construction have special importance. Harbour excavation must be supplemented by analysis of the components of the hydraulic concrete, structural analysis of the cementing materials, and consideration of the design of the wooden formwork. The authors have begun collecting large cores from concrete blocks at Roman harbours and other maritime structures, a…
Sennacherib, Archimedes, and the Water Screw
Invention of the water screw is traditionally credited to the third-century B.C. Greek scientist-engineer Archimedes, on the basis of numerous Greek and Latin texts and the technological context of Hellenistic Alexandria. An Assyrian text from the seventh century B.C. may be interpreted to show that king Sennacherib cast such a device in bronze at Nineveh, for use in his palace garden. Such an argument may be strengthened by comparison with detai…
Ancient sounding-weights
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Petra. Ez Zantur I
Ships and Seafaring in Ancient Times
Ever since the earliest travellers took to the water on reed rafts or inflated goatskins, ships and boats have played a paramount role in the history of the western world. The invention of the sail in Egypt in about 3500 BC resulted in ever faster and more efficient water transport, and the nations that surrounded the Mediterranean in ancient times depended on ships and seafarers for their prosperity. This book traces the development of the boat …
Upper Zohar
The Architecture of Oboda
The Roman Near East
Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply
Rome and India
The Revolutions of Wisdom
Applied chemistry in the ancient Mediterranean world
The technology of Roman harbours
The Romacons Project
Since all long-distance trade in the Roman world travelled by water, Roman harbour design and construction have special importance. Harbour excavation must be supplemented by analysis of the components of the hydraulic concrete, structural analysis of the cementing materials, and consideration of the design of the wooden formwork. The authors have begun collecting large cores from concrete blocks at Roman harbours and other maritime structures, a…
Ancient sounding-weights
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Reproducing a Roman maritime structure with Vitruvian pozzolanic concrete
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A Comparison of the Chemical and Engineering Characteristics of Ancient Roman Hydraulic Concrete With a Modern Reproduction of Vitruvian Hydraulic Concrete
The authors have completed structural and compositional analysis of Roman hydraulic concrete using large cores taken from a variety of maritime structures. In 2005 an 8 m 3 block of hydraulic, pozzolanic concrete was built in the sea at Brindisi (Italy), applying the materials and procedures specified by the Roman architect Vitruvius. Cores were taken at 6 months and 12 months after construction and subjected to the same analyses as the first‐cen…
Sennacherib, Archimedes, and the Water Screw
Invention of the water screw is traditionally credited to the third-century B.C. Greek scientist-engineer Archimedes, on the basis of numerous Greek and Latin texts and the technological context of Hellenistic Alexandria. An Assyrian text from the seventh century B.C. may be interpreted to show that king Sennacherib cast such a device in bronze at Nineveh, for use in his palace garden. Such an argument may be strengthened by comparison with detai…
The Concrete Construction of the Roman Harbours of Baiae and Portus Iulius, Italy
Building a Roman Pila in the Sea-Experimental Archaeology at Brindisi, Italy, September 2004
Upper Zohar
Geology, Materials, and the Design of the Roman Harbour of Soli-Pompeiopolis, Turkey
Ancient Written Sources for Engineering and Technology
This article tries to illustrate an idea of the range of extant ancient textual sources for engineering and technology. It also presents a broad outline of how the production of texts dealing specifically with technical matters changed in the course of antiquity. In order to combine the two aims, it proceeds chronologically, focusing on two or three examples from each period, chosen to represent both different types of textual evidence and the te…
A Roman sheave block from the harbour of Caesarea Maritima, Israel
Constructing the Harbour of Caesarea Palaestina, Israel
Greek Myth and Etruscan Imagery in the Tomb of the Bulls at Tarquinia
Any evaluation of Etruscan art must include a balanced appraisal of both local creativity and the influence of Greek myth and iconography. Previous studies of the frescoes in the Tomb of the Bulls at Tarquinia have emphasized the influence of Greek iconography to the detriment of local creativity, but this attitude is dependent upon mistaken identification of important details in the Troilos scene. A motif usually dismissed as an incompetently dr…
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Greek Myth and Etruscan Imagery in the Tomb of the Bulls at Tarquinia
Any evaluation of Etruscan art must include a balanced appraisal of both local creativity and the influence of Greek myth and iconography. Previous studies of the frescoes in the Tomb of the Bulls at Tarquinia have emphasized the influence of Greek iconography to the detriment of local creativity, but this attitude is dependent upon mistaken identification of important details in the Troilos scene. A motif usually dismissed as an incompetently dr…
IV. An Unpublished Sassanian Seal, with a Comment On the Deportation of Armenians to Cyprus in A.D. 578
Underwater Survey and Excavation in the Port of Pyrgi (Santa Severa), 1974
The first extensive survey of the underwater remains at Pyrgi (Santa Severa) has been completed and it yields new information concerning the design of the Etruscan and Roman harbors and the shape of the Roman castrum. A series of natural shoals, previously unknown, supporting the rubble-mound jetties suggest that a semi-protected natural harbor may have attracted the original Etruscan settlement at the site. Wooden forms were found preserved arou…
Gears from the Greeks
A Roman sheave block from the harbour of Caesarea Maritima, Israel
Phaselis
The Caesarea Ancient Harbor Excavation Project (C. A. H. E. P.)
The Caesarea Ancient Harbor Excavation Project (C.A.H.E.P.)
Underwater and shoreline survey and excavation at the Herodian harbor of Sebastos, the port of Caesarea Maritima on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, have provided important new information on Roman harbor design and construction. Local and imported materials were carefully selected and used to construct two immense breakwaters that framed outer and inner basins. Hydraulic concrete was used in a sophisticated manner, and ingenious sluice gates a…
Greek and Roman Mechanical Water-Lifting Devices
Greek and Roman Mechanical Water-Lifting Devices
The Water-Supply Systems of Nabataean and Roman Ḥumayma
The only Nabataean settlement of any consequence between Petra and Medaʾ in Ṣāliḥ, Ḥumayma (ancient Auara) became a major station on the Via Nova Traiana after the Roman annexation of Arabia and remained an important garrison-town into the Byzantine period. Although Ḥumayma was the most promising site for settlement in the northern Ḥismā, skillful mobilization of the scarce water resources in this arid zone was required if the inhabitants of the …
Navis Oneraria
Greek and Roman Technology
Bronze Age, Greek and Roman Technology
Covers 11 categories, including: ancient authors on technology; mining and metallurgy; construction and civil engineering; and manufacture and trade. Comments or summaries are provided for each title cited. -- AATA
The technology of Roman harbours
Bronze Age, Greek and Roman Technology
The Revolutions of Wisdom
The Roman Port and Fishery of Cosa
Rome and India
Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply
The Roman Near East
Ships and Seafaring in Ancient Times
Ever since the earliest travellers took to the water on reed rafts or inflated goatskins, ships and boats have played a paramount role in the history of the western world. The invention of the sail in Egypt in about 3500 BC resulted in ever faster and more efficient water transport, and the nations that surrounded the Mediterranean in ancient times depended on ships and seafarers for their prosperity. This book traces the development of the boat …
Upper Zohar
The Architecture of Oboda
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