Glanum préromaine
Recherche sur la métrologie et ses applications dans l'urbanisme et l'architecture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16642364 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Roth-Congès (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 189-220 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revue archéologique de Narbonnaise (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0557-7705 • E-ISSN: 2117-5683 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/ran.1985.1266 |
| OpenAlex | W2312840614 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
A metrological study of various types of Hellenistic remains at Glanum, carried out with the help of appropriate methods (measurements of the consecutive heights of architectonic elements and small monuments, surveying houses and public buildings, superimposition of grids onto photogrammetric map) revealed the existence of a "Glanic foot", a unit of measurement which was perhaps indigenous to this region, measuring 28.5 cm. This foot was a basic unit of the Hellenic-type metrological System. Its multiples were the brasse or orgye (equal to 6 feet), the amma (60 feet), and its submultiple, the dactyle (1/16 foot). The décimal System was used concurrently for the multiples of the dactyle and the foot. In each quarter of the Antique agglomeration uncovered so far according to pre-selected plans established to reveal the spatial organization and the chronological succession of the remains, the existence of a grid pattern with units measuring 1 amma could be recognized despite topographie and urbanistic constraints. These units generally allowed for the presence of one dwelling and contiguous roadways. The metrological study of monuments helps, in the best of cases, to reconstitute them and, sometimes, to define the origin of architectonic elements whose source is uncertain. The translation into Antique measurements of height, moreover, facilitates comparisons at whatever the scale, revealing constants and modules. Finally, over and above the concrete contribution made to archeology, a metrological study sheds its own special light on the much debated problem of the vitality of indigenous traditions and their dialectical relationship with external influences
Antique · Archaeology · Eleventh · Geography · Indigenous · Metrology · Optics · Physics · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Historical and Architectural Studies · History · Architecture · Geology
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1989 - 2005 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |